- What it means
- Left blank on purpose. The scan is damaged here and the words are not certain enough to translate — English written over a guess would hide the guess rather than fix it. The Gujarati above is what could be read.
- The English proverb Shah set beside it
- Too much familiarity brings contempt.Hot love is soon cold.
Also said as
- ગુન ઓગુન જાતે નહીં, લહે આગલો નામ.
- ભેલાં ત્યાં નથી જાણતાં, જાણશે જુજવાં થયે;
- સરોવર ઘણું સંભારશે, હંસા મેરમણ ગયે.
- નગણે વાસો ના રાખીએ, સગુણની પત જાય;
- ચંદન પડ્યું ચોકમાં, ઈધણ મુલ વેચાય.
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