બેઠક Bethak

આખરો—પરણ્યા કરતાં નાનો બાપ, એ તે કયા જન્મનાં પાપ?

ākharō—paraṇyā karatāṁ nānō bāpa, ē tē kayā janmanāṁ pāpa?

Literally
A father younger than the husband, what sins of which birth is this?
What it means
Expresses deep frustration or disbelief at a socially awkward or inappropriate family situation.

Also said as

  • પૈસા માટે મારી થાપ, મરજો બન્ને મા ને બાપ.
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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