દરીઆનું પાણી છે, જે વાળે તેના બાપનું.

darīānuṁ pāṇī chē, jē vāḷē tēnā bāpanuṁ.

Literally: It is ocean water; it belongs to the father of whoever diverts it.
What it means: Public or unowned abundance can be claimed by anyone resourceful enough to take advantage of it.

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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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