ઘી વિના લુખા કંસાર, દીકરા વગર સુનો સંસાર.

ghī vinā lukhā kaṁsāra, dīkarā vagara sunō saṁsāra.

Literally: Sweet pudding is dry without ghee; life is desolate without a son.
What it means: A household lacks joy and completeness without children to illuminate it.

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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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