માર્ગમાં એમ પણ છે; એમ શું માર્ગમાં બેઠા છીએ.

mārgamāṁ ēma paṇa chē; ēma śuṁ mārgamāṁ bēṭhā chīē.

Literally: It is so on the path; are we sitting on the path for that?
What it means: Troubles are normal on life's journey, but one should not passively succumb to them.

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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