નહીં સુતર, નહીં કપાસ, તો વણકર જોડે શે કકાસ?

nahīṁ sutara, nahīṁ kapāsa, tō vaṇakara jōḍē śē kakāsa?

Literally: There is neither yarn nor cotton, so why quarrel with the weaver?
What it means: It is pointless to argue or negotiate over a business or project when the raw materials or basic requirements do not even exist.

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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