બેઠક Bethak

અંધેમે કાણા રાવ, ફિરાઈ જગ ઠુંડી;

aṁdhēmē kāṇā rāva, phirāī jaga ṭhuṁḍī;

Literally
Among the blind, the one-eyed is king.
What it means
A person with limited ability is considered a leader among those with no ability.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
A figure among ciphers.Some thing is better than no thing.

Also said as

  • જડે આવેલો અખવારે, તડે તેલમેં મખ ખુડી.
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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