કરમમાં ન હોય કોઠાં તો શાનાં મળે ઓઠાં.

karamamāṁ na hōya kōṭhāṁ tō śānāṁ maḷē ōṭhāṁ.

Literally: If wood-apples are not in your fate, how would you come by even their rinds?
What it means: If fortune has not granted you the thing, you will not get its leavings either.

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