સર્પ બંધાય નહીં, ને કીડી પાંજરે પડે નહીં.

sarpa baṁdhāya nahīṁ, nē kīḍī pāṁjarē paḍē nahīṁ.

Literally: A snake cannot be tied, and an ant cannot be caged.
What it means: Certain people or things are inherently impossible to control or confine.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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