જપ માલા છાપા તિલક, સરે ન એકું કામ;

japa mālā chāpā tilaka, sarē na ēkuṁ kāma;

Literally: Chanting, rosaries, sectarian marks, and forehead tilaks do not accomplish a single thing;
What it means: Outward religious symbols and rituals are useless without a pure and sincere heart.

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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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