જેવા માએ જણો તેવા.

jēvā māē jaṇō tēvā.

Literally: Just as the mother gave birth to them.
What it means: Descriptive of someone remaining in a completely raw, unrefined, or primitive state.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: Purely natural state.

Also said as

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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