મડદાં બાળવા જનાર ભેગો ન બળે.

maḍadāṁ bāḷavā janāra bhēgō na baḷē.

Literally: The one who goes to burn the corpse does not burn along with it.
What it means: One should help others in distress but not ruin or sacrifice oneself in the process.

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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