કુવાઢાંકણુ ટાંકણુ, ખેતર ટાંકણ વાડ;

kuvāḍhāṁkaṇu ṭāṁkaṇu, khētara ṭāṁkaṇa vāḍa;

Literally: A stone lid covers a well, a fence covers a field; a son covers a father, and a woman covers a home.
What it means: Every institution or person requires a proper protector and shelter to maintain honor and safety.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: A lid is the cover for a well, a fence for a field; a son is the cover for a father, a woman is the cover for a house.

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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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