આગ લગાડીને તાપણું કરવું.

āga lagāḍīnē tāpaṇuṁ karavuṁ.

Literally: To set a fire and then warm oneself by it.
What it means: Used for someone who creates a problem and then pretends to be the one solving it or benefiting from the chaos.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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