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“ മതൃത്തപാലിന്നില്ലാത്തതൊ പുളിച്ചമോറ്റിനു”
English Translation:
What was missing in sweet, rich milk, will it be found in sour buttermilk? (If an asset failed to deliver value at the peak of its excellence, its degraded residue certainly will not.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഞെരിഞ്ഞിൽമുള്ളുകൊണ്ടാലും കുനിഞ്ഞുതന്നെ എടുക്കണം”
English Translation:
Even if pierced by a tiny caltrop thorn, you must still bend down to pull it out. (Even when dealing with minor or humiliating troubles, you must humble yourself and swallow your pride to resolve the pain.)

“ കണ്ണെത്താക്കുളം, ചെന്നെത്താവയൽ, നഞ്ഞും നായാട്ടും മറുമരുന്നില്ലാത്ത ആന്തയും”
English Translation:
A pond whose opposite shore the eye cannot fathom, a paddy field too vast to cross on foot, lethal poison, hazardous hunting, and an incurable blight. (A vivid catalog of uncontrollable perils and colossal burdens that exceed human remedy.)

“ നീന്താൻ തുനിഞ്ഞാൽ ആഴം അറിയണമോ”
English Translation:
Once you are fully resolved to swim across, do you need to fret over the depth of the water? (When absolute determination is made to face an ordeal, measuring the magnitude of danger becomes irrelevant.)