કમાડ કરતાં ઉલાળા ભારે.

kamāḍa karatāṁ ulāḷā bhārē.

Literally: The swinging is heavier than the door-frame.
What it means: The effort or the side-effects of a task are greater than the task itself.

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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