બ્રાહ્મણ તો પરણાવી આપે, કંઈ ઘર માંડી આપે નહીં.

brāhmaṇa tō paraṇāvī āpē, kaṁī ghara māṁḍī āpē nahīṁ.

Literally: The Brahmin will get you married, he will not set up a house for you.
What it means: People can help you start something, but you must do the work to maintain it.

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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