ટીપે ટીપે સરોવર ભરાય, કાંકરે કાંકરે પાળ બંધાય

ṭīpē ṭīpē sarōvara bharāya, kāṁkarē kāṁkarē pāḷa baṁdhāya

Literally: Drop by drop the lake fills; pebble by pebble the embankment is built.
What it means: Nothing large was ever assembled any other way.

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