શાકરે મરે તેને ઝેરે મારવું નહીં.

śākarē marē tēnē jhērē māravuṁ nahīṁ.

Literally: Do not kill with poison one who is dying of hunger.
What it means: Do not add to the suffering of someone who is already in a desperate state.

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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