સુથારનું મન બાવલીઆમાં.

suthāranuṁ mana bāvalīāmāṁ.

Literally: The carpenter's mind is in the babul tree.
What it means: Used when someone is distracted by their work or their primary interest even when they should be focused elsewhere.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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