શોખને માથે ઝાડ ઉગયું તો કહે છાયડો થાયો.

śōkhanē māthē jhāḍa ugayuṁ tō kahē chāyaḍō thāyō.

Literally: When a tree grew on the head of a hobby, he said it became shade.
What it means: People often rationalize their obsessions or burdens as being beneficial.

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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