જનની જણે તો દાતા જણે, કાં પંડિત કાં શૂર.

jananī jaṇē tō dātā jaṇē, kāṁ paṁḍita kāṁ śūra.

Literally: If a mother gives birth, she should give birth to a giver, a scholar, or a brave man.
What it means: A child should be raised to be a person of value to society.

Also said as

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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