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“ ബന്ധു ആറു കരയുന്നതിനെക്കാളും ഉടയവനൊന്നുകരഞ്ഞാൽ മതി”
English Translation:
Better that the rightful owner weep once than six distant kinfolk wail together. (The genuine grief and direct stake of the actual owner outweigh all the superficial lamentations of outside onlookers.)

“ കള്ളനെ വിരട്ടുവാൻ പിള്ള മതി”
English Translation:
A child is enough to frighten off a thief. (A guilty conscience makes cowards of wrongdoers; the slightest whisper of discovery puts them to flight.)

“ പൂതൽ = ചെതുക്ക്”
English Translation:
[Linguistic gloss from source text: Clarifies that “Poothal” means decaying, rotten, or brittle spongy wood (“chethukku”), glossing proverb #1873.]