બેઠક Bethak

વાવીએ કડવી તુંબડી, ઉતરે તુંબ હજાર;

vāvīē kaḍavī tuṁbaḍī, utarē tuṁba hajāra;

Literally
If you sow a bitter gourd, a thousand gourds will grow.
What it means
A single bad deed or evil thought multiplies and yields abundant bitter consequences.

Also said as

  • એક એકથી કડવાં અધિક, અપરંપાર અપાર.
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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