‘ઘરમાં વૃદ્ધ તો જોઈએ જ, એ વગરનું ઘર ન કહી શકાય.’

‘gharamāṁ vr̥ddha tō jōīē ja, ē vagaranuṁ ghara na kahī śakāya.’

બૃહદ કહેવત કથાસાગર (Bruhad Kahevat Kathasagar) (1920) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · awaiting its meaning

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