નખભર સુખ ને હાથભર દુઃખ. — nakhabhara sukha ne hathabhara dukha

નખભર સુખ ને હાથભર દુઃખ.

nakhabhara sukha nē hāthabhara duḥkha.

Literally: Nail-full of happiness and hand-full of sorrow.
What it means: Life often brings much more suffering than joy.

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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