સીર જાતા હય, કે પુલાવ ખાતા હય.

sīra jātā haya, kē pulāva khātā haya.

Literally: Is his head going, or is he eating pulao?
What it means: Facing a choice between two equally dangerous or undesirable outcomes.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: To be between the devil and the deep sea.

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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