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“ മുയൽ ഇളകുമ്പോൾ നായിക്ക് കാഷ്ട്ടിപ്പാൻ മുട്ടും”
English Translation:
Just as the hare springs from the bush, the hound feels the urge to relieve itself. (Feigning untimely excuses and being unready at the critical moment of opportunity.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ മണങ്ങിനു ഗുണങ്ങു ചാമച്ചോറു”
English Translation:
For the simpleton, coarse little-millet rice is good enough. (Matching a crude, unrefined nature with basic, humble fare; refined luxuries are wasted on the boorish.)

“ പറയനില്ലാ പറയിക്കു എല്ലുംതൊലിയും”
English Translation:
For the working woman whose husband is gone, only skin and bones remain. (When the primary support and protector is lost, vulnerable dependents fall into starvation and destitution.)

“ ഉദകക്രിയ ചെയ്ത കൈകൊണ്ടു ശേഷക്രിയയും ചെയ്യണമൊ”
English Translation:
Must the hand that performed the water libations also carry out the remaining funeral rites? (Having once made the painful, definitive break, why continue to drag out exhausting obligations?)