કાગડાની કોટે રતન.

kāgaḍānī kōṭē ratana.

Literally: A jewel on the neck of a crow.
What it means: Said when something valuable is possessed by someone who does not deserve it or cannot appreciate it.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Fortune favours a man more than merits.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) બૃહદ કહેવત કથાસાગર (Bruhad Kahevat Kathasagar) (1920) · 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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