ધણીઆણી ધણી વડે સોહામણી, ધરતી વસ્તી વડે સોહામણી.

dhaṇīāṇī dhaṇī vaḍē sōhāmaṇī, dharatī vastī vaḍē sōhāmaṇī.

Literally: A wife is beautiful because of her husband, the earth is beautiful because of its population.
What it means: People and things derive their value, beauty, and purpose from those who inhabit or care for them.

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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