દોરડી બળે પણ વલ નહીં મુકે.

dōraḍī baḷē paṇa vala nahīṁ mukē.

Literally: The rope burns but does not lose its twist.
What it means: A person may suffer or be broken, but their core nature or habits remain.

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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