કુત્તા મારણ, જળતરણ, અડખડીઆં આધાર; કંથા ધારે લાકડી, હૈકારે હથીઆર.

kuttā māraṇa, jaḷataraṇa, aḍakhaḍīāṁ ādhāra; kaṁthā dhārē lākaḍī, haikārē hathīāra.

Literally: Dog killer, water crosser, support for stumbling; the staff is a weapon in the hand of the traveler.
What it means: A simple tool like a walking stick serves many practical purposes for a traveler.

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ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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