વાઘના પંજામાં આવવું સારું; પણ મારવાડીના ચોપડામાં આવવું ભુંડું.

vāghanā paṁjāmāṁ āvavuṁ sāruṁ; paṇa māravāḍīnā cōpaḍāmāṁ āvavuṁ bhuṁḍuṁ.

Literally: It is better to fall into a tiger's paw than to enter a Marwari's ledger.
What it means: Said of the ruinous compound interest and lifelong debt caused by falling into the trap of a ruthless moneylender.

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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