માથુ કપાય પણ નાખ નહી કપાવવું.

māthu kapāya paṇa nākha nahī kapāvavuṁ.

Literally: The head may be cut, but the nail should not be cut.
What it means: It refers to maintaining one's dignity or principles even at great cost.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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