- Literally
- Water drops can stop fire, an umbrella is made for the sun's heat; there is medicine for illness, a whip for a horse, a mantra for ghosts, but there is no medicine for nature.
- What it means
- Inherent character traits cannot be altered by any external remedy.
Also said as
- વ્યાધિકું વૈદ તુરગકુ ચાબુક, ચોપગકુ ખખડ દીયા હે;
- હસ્તી મહામદકુ અંકુશ હે, ભૂત પિશાય મંત્ર કીયા હે,
- ઓષધ હે સબકા સુખકારક, સ્વભાવકા ઓષધ નાહીં કીયા હે.
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