જોઈ વહોરીએ જાત, જાતે જોયા લાગે નહીં;

jōī vahōrīē jāta, jātē jōyā lāgē nahīṁ;

Literally: Buy the caste after seeing it, it does not look at the caste.
What it means: One should carefully evaluate a person's background before forming a relationship.

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ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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