લીલાં લીધાં નથી, ને પીળાં પેહર્યાં નથી.

līlāṁ līdhāṁ nathī, nē pīḷāṁ pēharyāṁ nathī.

Literally: I have not taken green, nor have I worn yellow.
What it means: Said to assert one's complete innocence or lack of involvement in any luxury, bribe, or wrongdoing.

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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