હાથીની અંબાડીએ ચડી છાણાં ન વિણાય

hāthīnī aṁbāḍīē caḍī chāṇāṁ na viṇāya

Literally: You do not climb into the howdah on an elephant to go and collect dung-cakes.
What it means: Do not use the grand thing for the mean errand.

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