ધણી ને શું અંધારું? લાવ રાંડ, વાડકી વેચી તેલ લાવું.

dhaṇī nē śuṁ aṁdhāruṁ? lāva rāṁḍa, vāḍakī vēcī tēla lāvuṁ.

Literally: What darkness for the master? Bring it, woman, I will sell the bowl and buy oil.
What it means: Selling off useful household items to satisfy an immediate petty need.

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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