ચિંતામણી નર દેહ, મુવા પછી મસાણમાં;

ciṁtāmaṇī nara dēha, muvā pachī masāṇamāṁ;

Literally: The human body is a wish-fulfilling gem, after death in the crematorium;
What it means: The precious human life eventually ends in nothing but ashes.

Also said as

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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