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“ രണ്ടു തലയ്ക്കും കത്തിച്ചു നടുപിടിക്കൊല്ലാ”
English Translation:
Do not set fire to both ends of a brand and attempt to hold it by the middle. (Burning the candle at both ends; creating hazards and pressures from opposite directions leaves no safe place to hold, leading straight to ruin.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ അല്ലാത്തെടത്തിൽ ചെല്ലല്ലു; ചെന്നാല്പിന്നെ പോരല്ലു”
English Translation:
Do not enter a place where you do not belong; but if you must go, do not back down. (Avoid dubious ground, but if duty takes you there, hold firm.)

“ തനിക്കു വേണ്ടുകിൽ എളിയതും ചെയ്യാം”
English Translation:
When driven by personal necessity, one will gladly perform even the humblest task. (Necessity knows no pride; when real need arises, one stoops to the lowliest work without shame.)

“ കാരാടൻ ചാത്തൻ നടുപറഞ്ഞ പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like Karadan Chathan mediating a dispute. (A clumsy, sham arbitration where the self-proclaimed neutral party is blatantly biased or completely absurd.)