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“ ഗുരുക്കൾക്കുള്ളത് ചക്കകൊണ്ടാൽ പലിശക്കുള്ളതു പുറത്ത്”
English Translation:
If you steal the jackfruit meant for the master, the interest will be extracted squarely from your back. (Defrauding a teacher or sacred authority brings severe physical retribution upon oneself.)

“ പുരക്കുമീതെ വെള്ളം പൊങ്ങിയാൽ അതുക്കുമീതെ തോണി”
English Translation:
If the floodwaters rise above the roof of the house, launch a boat above it. (Invincible adaptability; when adversity overwhelms all normal boundaries, rise above it with higher countermeasures.)

“ കാക്കകുളിച്ചാൽ കുയിലാകുമൊ”
English Translation:
If a crow bathes in the river, will it become a singing cuckoo? (External imitation cannot endow a coarse nature with genuine grace or melody.)