તાતે ધાએ મલમ પટો.

tātē dhāē malama paṭō.

Literally: A hot wound needs a bandage.
What it means: Immediate action is required to treat a fresh problem.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Meet the disorder in its outset.A green wound is soon healed.

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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