સુકા લાકડાનો જીવડો, તેને સાહેબ વગર કોણ પાણી પાય, ધરધણી જાણે હું રળું છું તે સૌ ખાય.

sukā lākaḍānō jīvaḍō, tēnē sāhēba vagara kōṇa pāṇī pāya, dharadhaṇī jāṇē huṁ raḷuṁ chuṁ tē sau khāya.

Literally: The insect in dry wood, who but God gives it water? Yet the master of the house thinks, 'I earn and everyone eats.'
What it means: People falsely credit themselves for sustaining others, forgetting that divine providence ultimately supports every living creature.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: God helps those who help themselves.

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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