હાથી પુંછલે ત્યારે કોણ ઉપાડે.

hāthī puṁchalē tyārē kōṇa upāḍē.

Literally: When an elephant drops its tail, who can lift it?
What it means: When a powerful person stumbles or leaves a mess, ordinary people cannot manage it.

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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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