ઊલેચે અંધારું ન જાય.

ūlēcē aṁdhāruṁ na jāya.

Literally: Bailing like water will not remove darkness.
What it means: Ignorance or entrenched problems cannot be overcome by misguided, brute-force efforts.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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