- Literally
- The thread that was spun, and the son that was born.
- What it means
- One's own efforts and one's own children are the only things that truly belong to a person.
Also said as
- થરથરતી જંગે જપ્યા તે દીકરા.
- પારકે પુત્રે સપુત્રા થવાય નહીં.
- લીધેલા કે પાળેલા દીકરા પાર પાડે નહીં.
- પેટના દીકરા પાર પાડે.
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