લપસી પડ્યા, તો કહે દેવને નમસ્કાર કર્યા.

lapasī paḍyā, tō kahē dēvanē namaskāra karyā.

Literally: Slipped and fell, then said I bowed to the god.
What it means: People often try to frame their failures or mistakes as intentional, positive actions.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: To make a virtue of necessity

Also said as

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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