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

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

Literally: Renunciation was taken for the sake of happiness, but begging clung to the forehead.
What it means: An attempt to find peace or ease results instead in the humiliation of dependency and hardship.

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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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