પાનડાં પથરાય નહીં, ને ધૂળ ખવાય નહીં.

pānaḍāṁ patharāya nahīṁ, nē dhūḷa khavāya nahīṁ.

Literally: Leaves cannot be spread as bedding, and dust cannot be eaten.
What it means: Useless or inadequate substitutes cannot fulfill basic human necessities.

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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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