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“ അരിയിടിച്ചു ആദരവും പൊരിയിടിച്ചു പോതരവും കണ്ടു”
English Translation:
Gained respect by pounding raw rice, and found self-sufficiency by pounding puffed grain. (Dignity and satisfaction are found through honest labor and adapting to one’s station.)

“ നായ്ക്കണ (ഞാങ്ങണ) എങ്കിലും നാലുകൂട്ടികെട്ടിയാൽ ബലംതന്നെ”
English Translation:
Even if they are only hollow river reeds, bundling four together yields genuine strength. (Unity is strength; even frail, modest elements become resilient when bound together in solidarity.)

“ നെല്ല പൊലുവിനു കൊടുത്തെടത്തുനിന്നു അരി വായ്പവാങ്ങല്ല”
English Translation:
Do not borrow husked rice from the very house where you once bestowed grain as a harvest bounty. (Never demean yourself by begging for loans from former dependents or households where you once acted as a generous benefactor.)