દરિદ્રીને ખાટલો વેરી.

daridrīnē khāṭalō vērī.

Literally: For a poor man, the bed is an enemy.
What it means: Sleeping or staying idle is highly detrimental to a poor person who must work constantly to survive.

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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