નાગે નાહાય શું ને નીચોવે શું?

nāgē nāhāya śuṁ nē nīcōvē śuṁ?

Literally: What will a naked man bathe in, and what will he wring out?
What it means: A person who has absolutely nothing has nothing to lose, and nothing can be extracted from them.

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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