એવું શું રલીએ કે દીવો બાળીને દલીએ ?

ēvuṁ śuṁ ralīē kē dīvō bāḷīnē dalīē ?

Literally: What should we earn such that we light a lamp and spend it?
What it means: It is foolish to spend all one's earnings on trivialities or showy displays.

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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