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“ വെളുത്തേടനെ മുതലപിടിച്ച പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a crocodile seizing the washerman at the riverbank. (Disaster striking someone at the very place where their daily occupation binds them to work.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ തകൃതിപ്പലിശ തടവിന്നാകാ”
English Translation:
Runaway compound interest cannot be recovered when the borrower is broken or behind bars. (Pushing demands and extortion to unreasonable extremes guarantees that you recover nothing at all.)

“ കുളത്തോടു കോപിച്ചിട്ടു ശൌചിക്കാഞ്ഞാൽ ഊര നാറുകെയുള്ളു”
English Translation:
If you get angry with the pond and refuse to wash, only your own backside will reek. (Spiting yourself out of anger toward someone else; cutting off your nose to spite your face.)

“ കൊണ്ടാടിയാൽ കരണ്ടിയും ദൈവം”
English Translation:
If celebrated with devotion, even a wooden ladle becomes a deity. (Sanctity and honor reside in the reverent faith of the observer; anything elevated with dedication commands respect.)