બાળ પરદેશી ચાકરી, કોણ પરદેશે જાય?

bāḷa paradēśī cākarī, kōṇa paradēśē jāya?

Literally: A child, a foreigner, and service—who would go to a foreign land?
What it means: Working in a foreign land or serving others is full of hardships, and one is better off enjoying modest comforts at home.

Also said as

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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