પહેલી પુંજા પેટની.

pahēlī puṁjā pēṭanī.

Literally: The first worship is of the stomach.
What it means: Basic survival needs must be met before anything else.

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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