વાછડી વરતમાં હુલી.

vāchaḍī varatamāṁ hulī.

Literally: The heifer got entangled in the tethering rope.
What it means: Said of someone brought down by the very debts or commitments they accumulated.

Also said as

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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