જળ પ્રમાણે પાયણાં, કર્મ પ્રમાણે મત;

jaḷa pramāṇē pāyaṇāṁ, karma pramāṇē mata;

Literally: According to water, the lotus; according to karma, the intellect.
What it means: A person's environment and destiny determine their character.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: A man is known by the company he keeps.One is known by his companions.

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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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