કયા પાનીકા ખુદખુદા, કયા વેલુકી ભીંત;

kayā pānīkā khudakhudā, kayā vēlukī bhīṁta;

Literally: What is a bubble of water, what is a wall of sand?
What it means: Human life and worldly achievements are completely fragile and temporary.

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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