સુણ ભાઇ માધા, નવ તેરકા આધા,

suṇa bhāi mādhā, nava tērakā ādhā,

Literally: Listen, brother Madha, half of nine and thirteen,
What it means: Finding a good wife brings great wealth and lasting happiness to a household.
The English proverb Shah set beside it: A good wife is a good prize.

Also said as

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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