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“ ബന്ധു ആറു കരയുന്നതിനെക്കാളും ഉടയവനൊന്നുകരഞ്ഞാൽ മതി”
English Translation:
Better that the rightful owner weep once than six distant kinfolk wail together. (The genuine grief and direct stake of the actual owner outweigh all the superficial lamentations of outside onlookers.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ പൂച്ചക്കു വിളയാട്ടം എലിക്കു പ്രാണവേദന”
English Translation:
Sport for the cat, but mortal agony for the mouse. (What is cruel entertainment to the powerful is a life-and-death struggle to the victim.)

“ നാണമില്ലാത്തവന്റെ ആസനത്തിലൊരാലു കിളുത്താൽ അതുമൊരുതണലു”
English Translation:
If a banyan tree sprouts from a shameless man’s rear, he merely rejoices in the shade. (A thoroughly shameless person is so stripped of dignity that he twists even humiliating public disgrace into a boast.)

“ നിലാവുണ്ടെന്നുവെച്ചു വെളുപ്പോളം കക്കരുതു”
English Translation:
Just because the night offers bright moonlight, do not keep thieving until daybreak. (Never stretch good luck or an illicit advantage to reckless extremes; overstaying opportunity invites exposure and capture.)