નાળિયેરનું પાણી નાળિયેરમાં સારૂં.

nāḷiyēranuṁ pāṇī nāḷiyēramāṁ sārūṁ.

Literally: Coconut water is good inside the coconut.
What it means: Secrets or family matters are best kept within their proper boundaries.

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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