કુકડો હોય તો જ શું વહાણું વાય?

kukaḍō hōya tō ja śuṁ vahāṇuṁ vāya?

Literally: If there is no rooster, will the day not break?
What it means: The world continues regardless of any single individual's presence.

Also said as

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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