કાયાથી માયા થાય, પણ માયાથી કાયા થાય નહીં.

kāyāthī māyā thāya, paṇa māyāthī kāyā thāya nahīṁ.

Literally: Wealth comes from the body, but the body does not come from wealth.
What it means: Good health and labor can build wealth, but wealth alone cannot buy back lost health or life.

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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