બેહડા ઉપર બેઠુ તે પાણીઆરા માથે ભાર.

bēhaḍā upara bēṭhu tē pāṇīārā māthē bhāra.

Literally: What sits on the water-pot is a burden on the water-shelf.
What it means: An idle dependent or unnecessary addition only increases the burden on the household.

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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