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“ വേല ഒപ്പമല്ലെങ്കിലും വെയിൽ ഒപ്പം കൊണ്ടാൽ മതി”
English Translation:
Even if the work done is not equal, it is enough if you bore the blazing sun together. (Shared solidarity; standing together through hardship and distress matters as much as the exact measure of labor.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ ശർക്കരകുടത്തിൽ കൈ ഇട്ടാൽ നക്കാതിരിക്കുമൊ”
English Translation:
If you plunge your hand into a jar of jaggery, will you not lick your fingers? (Direct proximity to wealth and sweet opportunity naturally invites temptation, commission-taking, or personal appropriation.)

“ പകൽ കണ്ണുകാണാത്ത നത്തിനെ പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like the barn owl that cannot see by broad daylight. (Completely disoriented and blind in clear, transparent circumstances where everyone else sees the truth.)

“ ധനമില്ലാത്ത പുരുഷനും മണമില്ലാത്ത പുഷ്പവും ശരി”
English Translation:
A man without wealth is like a blossom without fragrance. (Without practical substance, generosity, or resources, mere outward presence commands little regard in the world.)