મનકા ફેરત જન્મ ગયો, ગયો ન મનકા ફેર;

manakā phērata janma gayō, gayō na manakā phēra;

Literally: A lifetime was spent turning the beads of the rosary, but the turning of the mind did not change;
What it means: Mechanical chanting with a rosary is useless if one's mind remains restless and filled with worldly desires.

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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