સુકાળે સગાંવહાલાં, દુકાળે વહાલા દાણા.

sukāḷē sagāṁvahālāṁ, dukāḷē vahālā dāṇā.

Literally: In times of plenty, relatives are dear; in times of famine, grain is dear.
What it means: True value is realized in times of scarcity, when basic necessities become far more important than fair-weather companions.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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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