સુવાવડે છોકરું સોંધું ન પડે.

suvāvaḍē chōkaruṁ sōṁdhuṁ na paḍē.

Literally: A child does not become cheap just because of childbirth.
What it means: Raising a child involves continuous expense and effort, regardless of how easily they were born.

Also said as

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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