દરિયામાં રહેવું ને મગરમચ્છથી વેર.

dariyāmāṁ rahēvuṁ nē magaramacchathī vēra.

Literally: To live in the sea and have enmity with the crocodile.
What it means: It is foolish to antagonize those who have power over your immediate environment.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: To live in Rome and fight with the pope.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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