- Literally
- Like father, like sons, and like banyan tree, its berries.
- What it means
- Children naturally inherit the qualities and traits of their parents.
- The English proverb Shah set beside it
- Out of debt, out of danger.Happy is the man who owes nothing.Worst kind of poverty is debt.To go to borrow is to go to sorrow.
Also said as
- માએ પુત ને બાપની છાયા.
- માએ પુત ને બાપે ઘોડા, બહેત નહીં તો ઘેડા ઘેડા.
- જુના પેટમાં લીખ પાકે.
- તુખમે તાસીર.
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