નાંની ચીગારીને તરત દાબવી, તે વધી જાય તો નદીના પાણીથીયી ભુજવવી મુશકેલ થાય.

nāṁnī cīgārīnē tarata dābavī, tē vadhī jāya tō nadīnā pāṇīthīyī bhujavavī muśakēla thāya.

Literally: Extinguish a small spark immediately; if it grows, it becomes difficult to put out even with river water.
What it means: Address small problems before they escalate into uncontrollable disasters.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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