મુદદાલ તોએ વેળાવીઓ, પુટેલ તોએ ખોખ;

mudadāla tōē vēḷāvīō, puṭēla tōē khōkha;

Literally: Even if a corpse, it is a companion; even if broken, it is a shell;
What it means: Even in a useless or damaged state, certain things or relationships still hold some basic association or value.

Also said as

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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