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“ വേലിമേൽ കിടന്ന പാമ്പിനെ എടുത്തു കഴുത്തേൽ ചുറ്റി”
English Translation:
Took the snake that was lying quietly upon the fence and wound it around one’s own neck. (Inviting gratuitous, lethal disaster upon oneself by meddling with a dangerous hazard that was causing no harm where it lay.)

“ വൈകുവോളം വെള്ളംകോരി, വൈകീട്ടു കുടം ഇട്ടുടച്ചു”
English Translation:
Drew water all day long until dusk, and then deliberately smashed the pot in the evening. (Working diligently to build an achievement, only to ruin the entire outcome through a reckless fit of temper at the very end.)

“ വൈദ്യൻ അടിച്ചാൽ മർമ്മം തടിക്കും”
English Translation:
If a physician strikes a blow, the vital pressure point swells. (When an expert with intimate knowledge of vulnerabilities turns hostile, the strike is devastating because they know exactly where to wound.)

“ വൈദ്യൻ കാട്ടിൽ കയറിയതുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like an Ayurvedic healer stepping into the wild forest. (Entering a realm brimming with endless remedies and opportunities where an untrained eye sees only useless weeds.)

“ വൈദ്യന്റെ അമ്മ പുഴുത്തെ ചാകൂ”
English Translation:
The physician’s own mother dies of neglected, festering sores. (The shoemaker’s children go barefoot; an expert’s own household is often deprived of the very skills dispensed to the outside world.)

“ വെള്ളമില്ലാത്തെടത്തു മുങ്ങാൻ കഴിയുമൊ”
English Translation:
Can one dive where there is no water? (You cannot perform actions or expect results where the fundamental medium and resources do not exist.)

“ വേരറുത്താൽ കാതറുക്കും”
English Translation:
Sever the taproot, and the heartwood above is severed too. (Striking down the foundational support immediately destroys the strength, vitality, and stature resting upon it.)

“ വെള്ളത്തിനോടു കലഹിച്ചാൽ പൃഷ്ടംതന്നെനാറും”
English Translation:
If you quarrel with water, your own backside will remain foul. (Spiting essential necessities or feuding with those who cleanse and support you leaves only yourself soiled and disgraced.)

“ വേർ കിടന്നാൽ പിന്നെയും കിളുക്കും”
English Translation:
As long as the root lies in the ground, it will sprout again. (As long as the vital core or root cause survives, renewal and resurgence remain inevitable, for good or ill.)

“ വെള്ളിലാവേൽ കൊടിയിട്ടതുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like training a climbing vine upon a brittle lime-creeper. (Relying on an unstable, parasitic, or weak host that cannot sustain the weight of your growth.)

“ വേർകിഴിഞ്ഞു തിരുൾ ഇളക്കി”
English Translation:
Dug down to the roots and stirred the tender heart-shoot. (Probing deeply to the very root of an issue and shaking a matter to its deepest core.)

“ വെള്ളശ്ശീലക്കെ തടുക്കൊള്ളു”
English Translation:
Only a pristine white cloth takes the resist-pattern (or shows the stain). (A pure, untainted nature shows even the faintest blemish distinctly; likewise, an open and clear mind is receptive to teaching.)

“ വെള്ളരിയിൽ കുറുക്കൻ കയറിയതുപോലെ”
English Translation:
Like a fox breaking into a cucumber patch. (Wreaking wanton, wasteful destruction; biting and ruining far more than can ever be consumed.)

“ വെളുത്തമാരയാൻ ഇഞ്ചിപൊരിച്ചതു (മുറിച്ചതു) മൂലം ദാ വനപുക്കു”
English Translation:
Because the fair temple drummer fried (or cut) ginger, he was driven into exile in the wild forest. (A minor domestic slip or trivial breach of strict ritual escalating into catastrophic ruin and banishment.)

“ വെള്ളെഴുത്തു വായിച്ചാൽ ഉള്ളെഴുത്തു കള്ളെഴുത്തായി പോകും”
English Translation:
If read with failing, blurred vision, the true text looks like a forgery. (When judgment is clouded by prejudice or failing faculties, honest reality is misconstrued as deceit.)

“ വെളുത്തേടനു അലക്കുമാറ്റി കാശിക്കു പോകാൻ കഴികയില്ല”
English Translation:
A washerman cannot set aside his washing bundles to go on a pilgrimage to Kashi. (One cannot shirk essential daily breadwinning duties and livelihood to pursue distant, pious luxuries.)