કાયા ત્યાં છાયા, મરદ ત્યાં માયા.

kāyā tyāṁ chāyā, marada tyāṁ māyā.

Literally: Where there is a body there is a shadow, where there is a man there is attachment.
What it means: Human beings are naturally prone to worldly attachments.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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