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“ വേശ്യ മൂത്താൽ കുരങ്ങു”
English Translation:
When a courtesan grows old, she looks like an ape. (Superficial, cosmetic glamour and sensual allure fade rapidly, leaving behind an unadorned and hollow reality.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കാൽമേൽചവിട്ടല്ല കോമച്ചാ, കളികാണേണ്ടങ്കിൽകാണേണ്”
English Translation:
Stop stomping on my feet, Komacha; if you don’t care to watch the play, leave! (A sharp rebuke to someone acting intrusive, rude, and disruptive in a public space.)

“ വെള്ളം കണ്ട പോത്തിനെപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a water buffalo catching sight of a pool of water. (Plunging headlong with unrestrained, blissful surrender into one’s natural element or irresistible temptation.)

“ എരിച്ചോൻ കോഴ പറിച്ചെന്നാക്കരുതു”
English Translation:
Do not claim that the one who burned down the place merely pulled out a stray firebrand. (Do not whitewash grave destruction as a minor, harmless accident.)