સુમથી દાતાર ભલો, બેસવાની કહે હા; દાતારથી સુમ ભલો, ચોખ્ખી પાડે ના.

sumathī dātāra bhalō, bēsavānī kahē hā; dātārathī suma bhalō, cōkhkhī pāḍē nā.

What it means: Not written up yet.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Better a generous enemy than a miserly friend.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · awaiting its meaning

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