બેટા હોય તો બાપ કહે કેની.

bēṭā hōya tō bāpa kahē kēnī.

Literally: If there is a son, he will call him father, won't he?
What it means: Respect and recognition must be earned through actual relationship and duty, not just demanded.

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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