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“ പെരിയോരോടു എളിയോൻ നടുപറയരുത്”
English Translation:
A person of humble station should not presume to mediate between the great. (Do not interject yourself as an arbiter into conflicts between powerful forces where you have no standing.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കൊല്ലുന്നരാജാവിനു തിന്നുന്നമന്ത്രി”
English Translation:
For a king who slaughters, a minister who devours. (A ruthless tyrant is inevitably matched with an equally greedy, predatory counselor; like ruler, like minister.)

“ ആറുനാട്ടിൽ നൂറുഭാഷ”
English Translation:
Across six lands, a hundred dialects. (Linguistic and cultural variety change rapidly across borders.)

“ ഒറ്റാലിൽ കിടന്നതുംപോയി, കിഴക്കുനിന്നു വന്നതും പോയി”
English Translation:
What was inside the wicker trap was lost, and what was swimming in from the east escaped too. (Losing both the certainty in hand and the prospect ahead by being overly greedy.)