સાચી પ્રીત હે કમલકી, જલ સુકે મર જાય;

sācī prīta hē kamalakī, jala sukē mara jāya;

Literally: True is the love of the lotus, which dies when the water dries up.
What it means: Genuine devotion is absolute and willing to perish rather than survive without the beloved.

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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