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“ പെരിയോരു വന്നാൽ പൃഷ്ഠം കൊടുക്കണം”
English Translation:
When elders or great persons arrive, offer your seat with deference. (Showing proper reverence and yielding space before those of superior wisdom and stature.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ സാധനദൂഷ്യം അകൗശല ലക്ഷണം”
English Translation:
Blaming the tool is the unmistakable mark of incompetence. (A bad workman always blames his tools; lack of skill seeks excuses in external instruments.)

“ മാമാങ്കക്കടവത്തുകണ്ട പരിചയംകൂടിയില്ല”
English Translation:
Not even the distant acquaintance of having glimpsed each other at the crowded Mamankam festival ford. (Total and absolute strangers; lacking even the faintest or most incidental connection.)

“ കൈനെടിയവനു കായലിൽനേട്ടം”
English Translation:
He who has the longest reach secures the greatest harvest in the backwaters. (Those with superior influence, reach, and resources capture the lion’s share of opportunities.)