કાણે કહ્યું હતું કે બેટા બાવળીએ ચડજે?

kāṇē kahyuṁ hatuṁ kē bēṭā bāvaḷīē caḍajē?

Literally: Who told you, son, to climb the acacia tree?
What it means: Said to someone who suffers after choosing to engage in a dangerous or unnecessary task.

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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