પરાણે પુણ્ય થાય નહીં.

parāṇē puṇya thāya nahīṁ.

Literally: Merit cannot be earned by force.
What it means: Acts of charity or religious devotion are worthless unless performed willingly and from the heart.

Also said as

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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