ફુકડો હોય તો જ શું વહાણું વાય?

phukaḍō hōya tō ja śuṁ vahāṇuṁ vāya?

Literally: Does dawn break only if there is a rooster?
What it means: The world's affairs and natural order continue unaffected by the absence of any single person.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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