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“ വക്കടർന്നകലത്തിനു കണമുറിഞ്ഞ കയിൽ”
English Translation:
For a chipped cooking pot, a ladle with a snapped handle. (A matching pair of defective implements; pairing one substandard, broken tool with another.)

“ രാജാവിന്റെ നായായിട്ടല്ലെ എറിഞ്ഞുകൂടാത്തത്”
English Translation:
Is it not because it is the king’s hound that one cannot stone it? (Subordinates and rogues are tolerated and shielded solely because of the formidable power backing them.)

“ വടികുത്തിയും പടകാണണം”
English Translation:
Even if leaning on a walking stick, one must go witness the battle. (An irresistible human urge to witness monumental events, historical spectacles, or grand drama despite physical infirmity.)

“ രാജാവില്ലാത്തനാട്ടിൽ കുടിയിരിപ്പാൻ ആകാ”
English Translation:
One cannot dwell in a land that has no king. (Anarchy and lawlessness make life unlivable; an established governing authority is essential for social order.)

“ വട്ടിചെന്നു മുറത്തെ കുറ്റം പറക”
English Translation:
The open wicker basket finding fault with the winnowing fan. (The pot calling the kettle black; someone riddled with gaping flaws criticizing another who has far fewer defects.)

“ രാവു വീടാക, പകൽ കാടാക”
English Translation:
Let the night be for home, and the day be for the wild world. (Observe the natural order of life; labor hard out in the world by day, and return to rest within the safety of home by night.)

“ വടുവനു വടി”
English Translation:
For an insolent scoundrel, a sturdy cudgel. (Unruly, rebellious troublemakers respond only to stern discipline and physical force, not gentle reasoning.)

“ രാമായണം മുഴുവൻ വായിച്ചിട്ടും രാമനുസീത ആർ എന്നു ചോദിക്കും”
English Translation:
Read the entire Ramayana, only to ask, “What is Sita’s relation to Rama?” (Hopeless, incurable obliviousness; missing the most fundamental, central point of a matter despite exhaustive study.)

“ വട്ടിപിടിച്ചവൻ കടംവീടുകയില്ല”
English Translation:
He who clutches tightly to his money-basket will never settle his debts. (A hardened miser or swindler who hoards his funds stubbornly refuses to discharge his honest obligations.)

“ രാവിലത്തെ മഴയും, രാവിലത്തെ വിരുന്നും വിശ്വസിക്കെണ്ടാ”
English Translation:
Trust neither morning rain nor morning guests. (Morning showers often dissipate quickly, and casual early promises of visits are fleeting and unreliable.)

“ വണ്ണത്താൻവീടും കളത്രവീടും തനിക്കൊത്തതു”
English Translation:
The washerman’s household and the wife’s family home should match one’s own station. (Everyday dependencies and matrimonial alliances must be formed with those of compatible status and means.)

“ രേവതി ഇരന്നു തിന്നും”
English Translation:
One born under the Revathi asterism will live by begging. (A traditional astrological belief warning of severe hardship, loss of patrimony, and dependency for those born under this star.)

“ രാവു വീണ കുഴിയിൽ പകൽ വീഴുമൊ?”
English Translation:
Will one fall by broad daylight into the very pit one fell into at night? (A prudent person learns from painful blunders and does not repeat an error once the hazard is clearly visible.)

“ യഥാശക്തി മഹാബലം”
English Translation:
Acting strictly within one’s genuine capacity is great strength. (True power lies in self-knowledge; matching your undertakings to your real abilities without overextending brings enduring success.)

“ ലക്ഷദീപം മഹാശ്ചര്യം നമുക്കും കിട്ടണം പണം”
English Translation:
“The festival of a hundred thousand lamps is a marvel, but I must pocket my fee!” (Appreciating grand cultural or religious spectacles while remaining ruthlessly fixated on mercenary self-interest.)

“ യമന്റെ ദൂതന്മാരെപ്പോലെ”
English Translation:
Like the emissaries of Yama, the god of death. (Stern, ruthless, and unyielding agents who execute orders with cold, terrifying precision, deaf to all pleading.)