દવ્યા કરતાં જોયલું ભલું.

davyā karatāṁ jōyaluṁ bhaluṁ.

Literally: What is seen is better than what is given.
What it means: Direct experience or evidence is more reliable than hearsay or promises.

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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