જળ થોડું ને નેહ ઘણો, થઈ છે તાણાતાણ;

jaḷa thōḍuṁ nē nēha ghaṇō, thaī chē tāṇātāṇa;

Literally: The water is little and the love is great, there has been a tug-of-war;
What it means: When resources are scarce but mutual affection and concern are immense, people struggle to sacrifice for each other.

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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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