કેફ હરામ નથી, તેનાં ફેલ હરામ છે.

kēpha harāma nathī, tēnāṁ phēla harāma chē.

Literally: Intoxication is not forbidden, its actions are forbidden.
What it means: It is not the state of being that is the problem, but the behavior that results from it.

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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