ખાનદાનની મોટાધથી મોટા કહેવાડવા કરતાં, પોતે જાતે મોટાઈના કામો કરીને મોટા કહેવડાવવું ભલું.

khānadānanī mōṭādhathī mōṭā kahēvāḍavā karatāṁ, pōtē jātē mōṭāīnā kāmō karīnē mōṭā kahēvaḍāvavuṁ bhaluṁ.

Literally: Better to be called great for the great deeds you do yourself than to be called great by your family's greatness.
What it means: Inherited standing is not an achievement.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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