નાદ લાગ્યો તે લાવનું લાગ્યું.

nāda lāgyō tē lāvanuṁ lāgyuṁ.

Literally: The obsession that was caught was that of the quail.
What it means: A person who becomes deeply infatuated or addicted to something cannot easily free themselves.

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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