દોહરા—ધરા વિણ ધાન નીપજે, કુલ વિણ માઢુ ન હોય;

dōharā—dharā viṇa dhāna nīpajē, kula viṇa māḍhu na hōya;

Literally: Dohra—Grain may grow without land, but a man does not exist without noble lineage.
What it means: Inherited character and good lineage are essential to producing a noble person.

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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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