સિંહ ભૂખે મરી જાય, પણ ખડ ન ખાય.

siṁha bhūkhē marī jāya, paṇa khaḍa na khāya.

Literally: A lion would die of hunger, but would not eat grass.
What it means: A person of high self-respect and noble character will never stoop to low or dishonorable means, even in extreme adversity.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: A lion will not eat grass.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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