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“Malayalam Proverb:
പണ്ടുചെയ്തതപസ്സിനാൽ രണ്ടുമീശകിടച്ചിതു”
— English Translation:
Thanks to penance performed in a past life, he was blessed with a mustache on both sides. (Mocking someone who boasts about trivial, ordinary natural traits as if they were grand divine favors.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പണമില്ലാത്തവൻ പിണം”
— English Translation:
A person without money is like a lifeless corpse. (Without wealth or resources, a person is treated as socially dead and devoid of standing.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പണ്ടുമുണ്ടോ ഞണ്ടിനുവാലു”
— English Translation:
Did a crab ever possess a tail in ancient times? (An inherent, permanent impossibility cannot suddenly emerge out of nowhere.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പണമില്ലാത്തവൻ പുല്ലുപോലെ”
— English Translation:
He who has no money is treated like mere straw. (The poor are trampled upon and dismissed as completely worthless by society.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പണ്ടും പാണൻ തച്ചുണ്ടോ പിച്ചുണ്ടോ”
— English Translation:
Did the gentle minstrel ever make a living by beating and plundering? (One cannot reasonably expect a gentle, artistic nature to resort to brutal or predatory conduct.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പണമുള്ള അച്ചൻ നിറമുള്ള മെത്ത, താഴെയുള്ള അച്ചൻ തട്ടുപടി, കൂടെപോയവനു ഓലക്കീറ്റു”
— English Translation:
For the wealthy uncle, a colorful mattress; for the humble uncle, a bare wooden plank; and for the follower who tagged along, a dry strip of palm leaf. (Hospitality, respect, and comforts are graded strictly according to a guest's financial status.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പണ്ടെചൊല്ലിനു പഴുതില്ല”
— English Translation:
In an ancient proverb, there is no loophole. (Time-tested proverbs and traditional wisdom hold true without flaw across generations.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പണമുള്ളവനെ മണം ഉള്ളു”
— English Translation:
Only the person with money possesses a sweet fragrance. (Wealth confers charm, prestige, and desirability; the rich always attract admiration.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പണ്ടെദുർബല, പിന്നെയൊ ഗർഭിണി, പോരാഞ്ഞിട്ടു ബാധയുടെ ഒരുപദ്രവവും”
— English Translation:
Feeble to begin with, then pregnant, and on top of that, tormented by an evil spirit. (A compounding series of afflictions piling onto an already frail and overburdened individual.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പണമെ ഗുണം”
— English Translation:
Money alone is counted as virtue. (In a cynical and materialistic world, financial wealth is equated with character and worth.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പണ്ടെമടിച്ചിക്കു ഒരു ഉണ്ണിയതുമുണ്ടായി”
— English Translation:
The woman who was already lazy now has an infant to care for. (An already sluggish, indolent person being handed the perfect excuse to abandon all work.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പണം കട്ടിലിന്മേൽ(മെത്തയിൽ) കുലം കപ്പയിൽ”
— English Translation:
Wealth rests upon the cushioned bed, while noble birth is tossed onto the rubbish heap. (Material fortune now commands greater respect than ancient heritage and noble pedigree.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പതിച്ചിയുടെ കറ്റമൊ പെണ്ണായിപ്പോയതു”
— English Translation:
Did the field-woman's sheaf of grain turn into a royal bride? (Mocking an absurd, exaggerated fuss made over a common and modest bundle of crops.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പണംകൊടുത്തു കാളയെവാങ്ങുമ്പോൾ പൊന്നുകൊടുത്തു തക്കനെവാങ്ങണം”
— English Translation:
When you buy an ox with money, pay gold to hire a capable plowman. (Capital investments in equipment or assets are useless without paying well for skilled hands to manage them.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പതമുള്ളെടം പാതാളം”
— English Translation:
Where the soil is soft, people dig down to the netherworld. (The gentle, yielding, and submissive are routinely exploited to the extreme by overbearing opportunists.)

“Malayalam Proverb:
പടിക്കൽ കുടം ഇട്ടുടെക്കല്ല”
— English Translation:
Do not smash the water pot right at the doorstep. (Never sabotage an enterprise at the very finish line after carrying it safely through long hardship.)