નહીં ઝાડ ત્યાં રાજ તાડ.

nahīṁ jhāḍa tyāṁ rāja tāḍa.

Literally: Where there are no trees, the palmyra tree reigns.
What it means: In the absence of truly competent or great people, even a mediocre person is considered superior.

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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