ચિતામણી નર દેહ, મુઆ પછી મસાણમાં;

citāmaṇī nara dēha, muā pachī masāṇamāṁ;

Literally: The human body is a wish-fulfilling gem, after death it is in the cremation ground.
What it means: The human body is precious but ultimately transient.

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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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