નેસ્તીને મેળ નહીં, ને થાર ભેગી કળ નહીં.

nēstīnē mēḷa nahīṁ, nē thāra bhēgī kaḷa nahīṁ.

Literally: Poverty has no match, and there is no peace with a cactus.
What it means: A poor person is excluded from social gatherings, and associating with troublesome people brings no peace.

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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