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“ കുളത്തിൽനിന്നു പോയാൽ വലയിൽ, വലയിൽനിന്നു പോയാൽ കുളത്തിൽ”
English Translation:
Out of the pond into the net, out of the net back into the pond. (Trapped in an alternating cycle of capture and escape; or returning safely to one’s natural element.)

“ ഹിരണ്യനാട്ടിൽ ചെന്നാൽ ഹിരണ്യായനമഃ”
English Translation:
When you arrive in the kingdom of Hiranya, chant “Salutations to Hiranya!” (When in Rome, do as the Romans do; adapt to prevailing authority and conform to local customs for safety, however tyrannical they may be.)

“ നാരേൽകെട്ടി കോലേൽവീശി”
English Translation:
Tied with fiber string and swung upon a stick. (Treated like a puppet; manipulated, maneuvered, and dangled entirely at someone else’s whim.)