કાગળ ભીંજાય, ન દેખાય, ન લખાય;

kāgaḷa bhīṁjāya, na dēkhāya, na lakhāya;

Literally: The paper gets wet, it cannot be seen, it cannot be written upon.
What it means: Deep grief or overwhelming emotion makes it impossible to express one's feelings in writing.

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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