- Literally
- What use is a sick physician?
- What it means
- A person who cannot fix their own problems is in no position to advise others.
- The English proverb Shah set beside it
- Between the hammer and the anvil.Though the physioian of others, yet thyself is full of sores.
Also said as
- ભીખ માગી ભોગ ભોગવવા, તે દાટવા જેવા.
- રોગી ભોગી વૈદ્ય રાગી, શુરા પુઠે વા;
- ધાતરવાડી ભીખ માગે, એ ચાર મેળા ધા.
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