રહે સમીપ ખડનકે, હોત બડા હી મેલ;

rahē samīpa khaḍanakē, hōta baḍā hī mēla;

Literally: By staying near grass, a great union happens;
What it means: Associating with the great and powerful allows even the weak or small to rise and prosper, just as a creeper grows tall by clinging to a tree.

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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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