બ્રાહ્મણ જળથી ઓસરે, ક્ષત્રી રણથી જાય;

brāhmaṇa jaḷathī ōsarē, kṣatrī raṇathī jāya;

Literally: A Brahmin who shrinks from water, a Kshatriya who flees the battlefield.
What it means: Said of individuals who abandon their core duties and are therefore deemed cowards.

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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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