ગાંઠ બંધનકી ગાંઠ મેં, કહા કીતના રસ હોય.

gāṁṭha baṁdhanakī gāṁṭha mēṁ, kahā kītanā rasa hōya.

Literally: In the knot of a binding, how much juice can there be?
What it means: Relationships held together merely by obligation or formal ties lack genuine warmth and affection.

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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