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“ പോത്തിന്റെചെവിട്ടിൽ കിന്നരം വായിക്കുന്നതു പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like playing a melodic lute in the ear of a water buffalo. (Casting pearls before swine; wasting sublime art, refined reason, or delicate counsel on an unfeeling boor.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ നിലെക്കുനിന്നാൽ മലെക്കുസമം”
English Translation:
If you stand firm in your proper place and principles, you equal a mountain. (Steadfast integrity, self-respect, and moral grounding endow a person with unshakeable dignity.)

“ കുംഭകർണ്ണൻറെ ഉറക്കംപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like the deep slumber of Kumbhakarna. (An oblivious, impenetrable sleep from which it is nearly impossible to be roused.)

“ ചെട്ടികെട്ടാൽ പട്ടുടുക്കും”
English Translation:
When the merchant goes bankrupt, he dresses in fine silk. (A falling, desperate person putting on an exaggerated outward display of luxury to mask impending financial ruin.)