પેટ તો કુતરાં પણ ભરે છે.

pēṭa tō kutarāṁ paṇa bharē chē.

Literally: Even dogs fill their bellies.
What it means: Merely surviving and feeding oneself is not a great achievement; one must strive for higher moral or social purpose.

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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