બેઠક Bethak

ચૌદ જાણે, તેને ચાર જાણનારા શું શિખવે.

cauda jāṇē, tēnē cāra jāṇanārā śuṁ śikhavē.

Literally
He who knows fourteen, what will the one who knows four teach him?
What it means
It is futile for an ignorant person to try to instruct an expert.

Also said as

  • બ્રહ્મા આગળ વેદ ભણવા.
  • ચંદ્રમા આગળ શીઆળડી ક્યાં જપ?
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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