બાવાજી ઘટડી કેમ વહેલી વગાડી?

bāvājī ghaṭaḍī kēma vahēlī vagāḍī?

Literally: Ascetic sir, why did you ring the bell so early?
What it means: Questioning why someone took action prematurely, met with the answer that sins are cut away as soon as possible.

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ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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