બચ્ચાંને આઈ વહાલી કે ખાઈ વહાલી?

baccāṁnē āī vahālī kē khāī vahālī?

Literally: Is the mother dear to the child or is the food dear?
What it means: A question about what a child values more, often used to highlight basic needs.

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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