માર્યા પહેલાં તોબા નહીં, ને વરસાદ પહેલાં વાવણી નહીં.

māryā pahēlāṁ tōbā nahīṁ, nē varasāda pahēlāṁ vāvaṇī nahīṁ.

Literally: No repentance before a beating, and no sowing before rain.
What it means: Regret or action before the triggering event is premature and ineffective.

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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