કંકુના ચાંદલાની આશા સહુ રાખે, મેસના ચાંદલાની આશા કાઈ ન રાખે.

kaṁkunā cāṁdalānī āśā sahu rākhē, mēsanā cāṁdalānī āśā kāī na rākhē.

Literally: Everyone hopes for a vermilion mark; no one hopes for a soot mark.
What it means: Everyone desires good fortune and honor, while no one wants disgrace or bad luck.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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