ઉજડ ગામમાં એરંડા પ્રધાન.

ujaḍa gāmamāṁ ēraṁḍā pradhāna.

Literally: In a desolate village, the castor plant is the chief.
What it means: A mediocre person appears important when there is no one better around.

Also said as

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) 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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