નાથ કહાડી નથી ત્યાં સુધી ગાડું તાણવું.

nātha kahāḍī nathī tyāṁ sudhī gāḍuṁ tāṇavuṁ.

Literally: As long as the nose-string is not pulled out, pull the cart.
What it means: One should continue working or enduring a situation as long as it is physically possible.

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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