ધણી વગરનાં ઘોળ સુનાં.

dhaṇī vagaranāṁ ghōḷa sunāṁ.

Literally: The fields are empty without the owner.
What it means: Things thrive only under the watchful eye of the person responsible for them.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: The master's eye maketh the horse thrive.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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