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“ ബ്രാഹ്മണനും പശുവിനും പത്തുദിവസം പുല”
English Translation:
For a Brahmin and a sacred cow, ten days of ritual pollution. (A traditional ritual custom equating observances according to orthodox religious canons.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ചക്കക്കു തേങ്ങാ കൊണ്ടിട്ടും കൂട്ടെണം”
English Translation:
Even when cooking jackfruit, coconut must still be added. (Even with a massive core resource at hand, the essential complementary elements cannot be omitted.)

“ തടുപ്പാൻ ശക്തിയുള്ള കാലത്തു അറിവില്ല”
English Translation:
In the years when one has the physical strength to resist, one lacks the wisdom to know how. (Youth is wasted on the young; vigor comes in youth when discernment is missing, and wisdom arrives only when physical strength has faded.)

“ മുറി പൊറുത്താലും കലകിടക്കും”
English Translation:
Even after the wound heals, the scar remains. (Though a conflict may be resolved, the emotional trauma and memory of injury linger on.)