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“ വിഷം തീണ്ടിയവൻ ചത്തപ്പോൾ വിഷഹാരി എത്തി”
English Translation:
The venom-healer arrived just as the snake-bitten victim drew his last breath. (Belated assistance; help arriving only after the catastrophe has run its course and the victim is beyond saving.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കരിന്തകാളി അകത്തെങ്കിൽ കരിമ്പിത്തം പുറത്തു”
English Translation:
When black nightshade enters within, bilious illness stays outside. (With the proper healing remedy administered, stubborn diseases are driven away.)

“ ആരാന്റെ കണ്ണേ നമ്മുടെ കുറ്റം കാണൂ”
English Translation:
Only through another person’s eyes can our own blemishes be seen. (We are naturally blind to our own flaws; outside perspective reveals what we hide from ourselves.)

“ കുത്തുവാൻ വരുന്ന പോത്തോടു വേദം ഓതിയാൽ കാര്യമോ”
English Translation:
Is there any point in chanting the sacred Vedas to a bull that is charging to gore you? (Philosophy, reason, and gentle counsel are completely wasted on brute, aggressive hostility.)