પોતાની મેળે આપે તે દુધ, માગવાથી આપે તે પાણી, ને જોરથી લીધેલું તે લોહી બરાબર.

pōtānī mēḷē āpē tē dudha, māgavāthī āpē tē pāṇī, nē jōrathī līdhēluṁ tē lōhī barābara.

Literally: What is given of one's own accord is milk, what is given upon asking is water, and what is taken by force is like blood.
What it means: The value of a gift depends on the willingness of the giver.

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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