બાળ પરદેશાંરી ચાકરી, બાળ ગુણિકારા હેત.

bāḷa paradēśāṁrī cākarī, bāḷa guṇikārā hēta.

Literally: Burn service in a foreign land, burn the affection of a courtesan.
What it means: Working far from home and trusting the love of a prostitute are both utterly worthless and painful endeavors.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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