લીખની પઢની ચાતુરી, એ તીનું ખાત હે સેહેલ; કામ દહન મન વશ કરન, ગગન ચડન મુશ્કેલ.

līkhanī paḍhanī cāturī, ē tīnuṁ khāta hē sēhēla; kāma dahana mana vaśa karana, gagana caḍana muśkēla.

Literally: Writing, reading, and cleverness, these three are easy; burning lust, controlling the mind, and ascending to the sky are difficult.
What it means: Emphasizes that intellectual skills are easy to acquire compared to the immense difficulty of self-mastery and spiritual ascension.

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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