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“ കുളംകുഴിക്കുമ്പോൾ കുറ്റിവേറെ പൊരിക്കണ്ടാ (പറിക്കണമൊ)”
English Translation:
When digging an entire pond, must stumps be uprooted separately? (When a massive, thorough overhaul is underway, minor obstacles are cleared naturally in the course of the larger work.)

“ മുള്ളിന്മേൽ ഇലവീണാലും ഇലമേൽ മുളളുവീണാലും നാശം ഇലെക്കു”
English Translation:
Whether the leaf falls upon the thorn or the thorn falls upon the leaf, the injury is always to the leaf. (The fragile and defenseless always bear the damage when clashing with sharp, ruthless power, regardless of who initiated the contact.)

“ സേതുവിങ്കൽപോയാലും ശനിപ്പിഴവിടാതു”
English Translation:
Even if you journey on pilgrimage to the sacred bridge at Setu, planetary misfortune will not let go. (Inescapable destiny; ordained consequences and karmic trials follow a person everywhere, even to the holiest sanctuaries.)