સીમળે લેભાણાં, પણ ફળ ખાઇ પસ્તાણાં.

sīmaḷē lēbhāṇāṁ, paṇa phaḷa khāi pastāṇāṁ.

Literally: Attracted by the silk-cotton tree, but regretted after eating the fruit.
What it means: One should not be deceived by outward beauty or false promises, only to suffer disappointment later.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Look before you leap.

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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