ડાહી જાણી ગોત્રજ આગળ બેસાડી, તે નાળીઅેર ફોડી ખાધું.

ḍāhī jāṇī gōtraja āgaḷa bēsāḍī, tē nāḷīaēra phōḍī khādhuṁ.

Literally: Thinking her wise, she was seated before the family deity, and she cracked open the coconut and ate it.
What it means: Said of a person who, when trusted with an important or sacred responsibility, abuses that trust for their own immediate gain.

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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