વર વિનાની હજે, પણ ઘર વિનાની ન હશો.

vara vinānī hajē, paṇa ghara vinānī na haśō.

Literally: Be without a husband if you must, but never be without a house.
What it means: Stresses that personal shelter and independent living are far more essential than marriage.

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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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