હોય તો ખાડી ખાઊં, નીકર મારે પીહેર જાઊં.

hōya tō khāḍī khāūṁ, nīkara mārē pīhēra jāūṁ.

Literally: If there is food, I will eat from the bowl; otherwise, I will go to my mother's home.
What it means: Said of a selfish person who stays only during good times and abandons home at the first sign of scarcity.

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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