એવા ગોકળીઆ ગાંડા નથી કે દીવાળીને દહાડે ઘેસ ખાય.

ēvā gōkaḷīā gāṁḍā nathī kē dīvāḷīnē dahāḍē ghēsa khāya.

Literally: The people of Gokul are not so foolish as to eat coarse porridge on Diwali day.
What it means: Even simple folk know better than to settle for poor treatment on festive occasions.

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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