નેસ્તીની મા ખાટલે મરે.

nēstīnī mā khāṭalē marē.

Literally: The mother of poverty dies in bed.
What it means: Destitute people suffer and perish without receiving any help or medical care.

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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