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“ രേവതി ഇരന്നു തിന്നും”
English Translation:
One born under the Revathi asterism will live by begging. (A traditional astrological belief warning of severe hardship, loss of patrimony, and dependency for those born under this star.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ഒട്ടുമില്ലാത്ത ഉപ്പാട്ടിക്ക് ഒരുകണ്ടംകൊണ്ടാലും പോരെ”
English Translation:
For Uppatti who has nothing to wear, isn’t a torn rag of cloth enough? (To someone utterly destitute, even the most modest scrap is a welcome relief.)

“ ഈറെറടുപ്പാൻപോയവൾ ഇരട്ടപെറ്റ”
English Translation:
The midwife who went to deliver another woman’s baby ended up delivering twins of her own. (Going out to help solve someone else’s predicament, only to return saddled with double the trouble yourself.)

“ കൊട്ടിൽക്കൽ പഠിച്ചതെ കോയിക്കൽ പാടൂ”
English Translation:
What was learned beside the cowshed is all that will be sung at the royal palace. (Rustic upbringing and vulgar habits inevitably show through, no matter how elevated the setting.)