અખતર ડાહ્યાએ ડહાપણ કર્યું, કે હીંગના કુલ્લામાં ઘી ભર્યું.

akhatara ḍāhyāē ḍahāpaṇa karyuṁ, kē hīṁganā kullāmāṁ ghī bharyuṁ.

Literally: The very wise man showed wisdom, that he filled the asafoetida pot with ghee.
What it means: Said of someone who performs a foolish act while thinking they are being clever.

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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