ગોલથી મરે તેને ઝેરથી નહી મારવો.

gōlathī marē tēnē jhērathī nahī māravō.

Literally: One who can be killed with jaggery should not be killed with poison.
What it means: Do not use force where sweetness would have done it.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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