આંગળીએ દીકરા, માની આંગળી વળગીને જાય.

āṁgaḷīē dīkarā, mānī āṁgaḷī vaḷagīnē jāya.

Literally: Children on the finger, going while clinging to the mother's finger.
What it means: Describes the natural dependency of children on their parents.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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