અલતાં ઘરના જે વાંસા બચીએ તે ખરા.

alatāṁ gharanā jē vāṁsā bacīē tē kharā.

Literally: Of the burning house, whatever backs are saved are the real ones.
What it means: It is used to say that in a disaster, whatever you manage to save is what truly counts.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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