સીર કાટ લે, ષીર મેં નાક કાટુંગા.

sīra kāṭa lē, ṣīra mēṁ nāka kāṭuṁgā.

Literally: Cut off my head, but I will cut off your nose.
What it means: Said of someone who is willing to suffer extreme self-harm just to cause a minor injury or embarrassment to an enemy.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: To cut off one's nose to spite one's face.

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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