માણુંનું રાંધે ત્યારે પવાલાનું દાણે.

māṇuṁnuṁ rāṁdhē tyārē pavālānuṁ dāṇē.

Literally: When she cooks a maund measure, she drops a small cup measure.
What it means: Refers to careless housekeepers who waste small portions during large-scale cooking.

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ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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