પાણી પેહલાં પાલ બાંધવી.

pāṇī pēhalāṁ pāla bāṁdhavī.

Literally: Build the embankment before the water comes.
What it means: Prepare for a problem before it arrives.

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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