સાત કપુત દીકરે નખોદ ગયા ખરાખર.

sāta kaputa dīkarē nakhōda gayā kharākhara.

Literally: Seven bad sons are equal to total ruin.
What it means: Having many children who are worthless is worse than having no children at all.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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