પરનું સારું દેખીને, ઈર્ષ્યા કરે અપાર; પોતાની મેળે બળે, મૂર્ખનો સરદાર.

paranuṁ sāruṁ dēkhīnē, īrṣyā karē apāra; pōtānī mēḷē baḷē, mūrkhanō saradāra.

Literally: Seeing the good of others, feeling immense jealousy; burning by himself, the chief of fools.
What it means: Said of an envious fool who suffers and burns with jealousy upon seeing the prosperity or happiness of others.

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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