मानेकश'आ अब्ला गावनि बिफानाव गावखौ लन्दनाव दोनहरनो थिनो, नाथाय बिथांनि बिफाया गनायथि जायाखैमोन बिथांनि बैसोया थोजासे नङा होनना, बिथांआ सिगाङावनो बिनि सानै बिदानि फरायनायाव हेफाजाब होगासिनो दंमोन, जाय लन्दनयाव इन्जिनियारिं फरायगासिनो दंमोन।
Manekshaw then asked his father to send him to London to study medicine, but his father refused on the grounds that he was not old enough; in addition, he was already supporting the studies of Manekshaw's two elder brothers, both of whom were studying engineering in London.