ખાલી કાયળા ઉભા રહે નહીં.

khālī kāyaḷā ubhā rahē nahīṁ.

Literally: Empty sacks will not stand up.
What it means: Nothing holds itself upright with nothing inside it.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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