વાડી, ગાડી, ને નારી પળાય ત્યાં સુધી પાણી, નીકર મેલો કહાડી.

vāḍī, gāḍī, nē nārī paḷāya tyāṁ sudhī pāṇī, nīkara mēlō kahāḍī.

Literally: An orchard, a cart, and a woman are useful as long as they are maintained; otherwise, throw them out.
What it means: Says that property, vehicles, and relationships require constant care and upkeep to remain valuable.

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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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