એક અગતની બાબતની શરૂઆતમાં લીધેલું ખોટું પગલું હિસાબના પેહેલા ભાગમાં લેવાયલા એક ખોટા આંકડાની મીસાલ આખી બાબતમાં ભુલ ખવાડે છે.

ēka agatanī bābatanī śarūātamāṁ līdhēluṁ khōṭuṁ pagaluṁ hisābanā pēhēlā bhāgamāṁ lēvāyalā ēka khōṭā āṁkaḍānī mīsāla ākhī bābatamāṁ bhula khavāḍē chē.

Literally: A wrong step taken at the beginning of an important matter is like a wrong digit taken in the first part of a calculation, causing errors in the whole matter.
What it means: A mistake at the start of a project leads to failure in the final outcome.

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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