ખાઇને પચાવે તેજ કામનું.

khāinē pacāvē tēja kāmanuṁ.

Literally: Only what you eat and digest is of any use.
What it means: Taking a thing in is not the same as getting the good of it.

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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