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“ മയിൽ തിന്ന അച്ചിയെപ്പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like the woman who swallowed a peacock. (Strutting about with ridiculous conceit and inflated pride, preening ostentatiously before others.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ താന്നത്തിന്റെബലവും ആയുസ്സിന്റെശക്തിയുമുണ്ടെങ്കിൽ മനത്താലിങ്കൽാണാം”
English Translation:
If food sustains our strength and life endures, we shall meet again at the ancestral home. (Fate and life permitting, paths will cross once more.)

“ ചാമയുടെ മൂപ്പു്”
English Translation:
The rapid maturation of little millet. (Something that ripens, passes, or burns out very quickly; a fleeting, short-lived phase.)

“ വേദം അറിഞ്ഞാലും വേദന വിടാ”
English Translation:
Even mastering the sacred Vedas does not ward off bodily pain. (High learning, intellectual greatness, and spiritual insight do not exempt one from the physical frailties and suffering of mortal life.)