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“ സൂചിപോയവഴിക്കെ നൂലുപോകൂ”
English Translation:
The thread can only follow the path blazed by the needle. (Followers inevitably follow the lead of the pioneer; dependents are bound to the course set by their guide.)

— Malayalam

Related Mantras

“ അകലെ കൊള്ളാത്തവൻ അടുക്കലും കൊള്ളുകയില്ലാ”
English Translation:
One who is useless from afar will be no good up close either. (Incompetence remains the same regardless of proximity.)

“ ഭയത്താലെ ഭക്തി, നയത്താലെ യുക്തി”
English Translation:
Out of fear springs devotion; out of tact springs reason. (Outward reverence is frequently born of the dread of power, whereas smooth human discourse is governed by diplomacy and intellect.)

“ കോഴി ചിള്ളുംപോലെ തന്റെമുമ്പിൽമാത്രം”
English Translation:
Like a chicken scratching the soil only immediately in front of itself. (Parochial short-sightedness; caring only for one’s immediate selfish perimeter without regard for the wider world.)