સુખને માટે તો સન્યાસ લીધા, ભીખ માગવી તો કપાળે ચોટી.

sukhanē māṭē tō sanyāsa līdhā, bhīkha māgavī tō kapāḷē cōṭī.

Literally: Renunciation was taken for happiness, but begging stuck to the forehead.
What it means: Changing one's lifestyle to escape trouble only to end up with worse hardship.

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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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