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“ ശ്രീമാൻ സുഖിയൻ മുടിയൻ ഇരപ്പ”
English Translation:
The prosperous builder, the pleasure-seeking heir, the reckless squanderer, and the destitute beggar. (The four-generation cycle of fortunes: earned by the founder, enjoyed by the son, wasted by the grandson, leaving the great-grandson to beg.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ കുടത്തിൻവായി കെട്ടാം, മനുഷ്യവായി കെട്ടിക്കൂടാ”
English Translation:
You can tie shut the mouth of a pot, but you can never tie shut the mouth of a human being. (It is impossible to muzzle public gossip or stop tongues from wagging.)

“ ഗുരുക്കൾ നിന്നു പാത്തിയാൽ ശിഷ്യർ നടന്നു പാത്തും”
English Translation:
If the teacher urinates standing, the disciples will urinate while walking. (When a leader engages in minor misconduct, their followers indulge in far worse excesses; bad leadership multiplies degeneracy.)

“ ആയിരം ആർത്തി, ഒരു മൂർത്തി”
English Translation:
A thousand desperate cries of distress, yet only one divine refuge to heed them. (Countless human miseries turn to a single supreme wellspring of salvation.)