“रहिमन पानी राखिए, बिन पानी सब सून। पानी गए न ऊबरै, मोती मानुष चून॥”English meaning: Preserve water—and, figuratively, dignity—for without it all is empty; pearls, people and lime cannot recover once their essential moisture is gone.
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