કાળીઓ કદહાડીઓ, નદીએ નહાવા જાય; પરમેશ્વરે કાળા કીધા, તે ગોરા ક્યાંથી થાય?

kāḷīō kadahāḍīō, nadīē nahāvā jāya; paramēśvarē kāḷā kīdhā, tē gōrā kyāṁthī thāya?

Literally: The black, ugly man goes to the river to bathe; God made him black, so how can he become fair?
What it means: One cannot change their inherent nature or appearance.

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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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