મનકું ક્યું નહીં મુંડીએ, જમે ભરી હે ખોટ.

manakuṁ kyuṁ nahīṁ muṁḍīē, jamē bharī hē khōṭa.

Literally: Why not shave the mind, which is filled with defects;
What it means: True renunciation requires purifying the mind of its vices rather than merely shaving one's head.

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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