બેઠક Bethak

બાપના કુવામાં શુડી મરાય નહીં.

bāpanā kuvāmāṁ śuḍī marāya nahīṁ.

Literally
One cannot drown oneself in one's father's well.
What it means
One should not foolishly ruin oneself or persist in a harmful path just out of family loyalty or tradition.

Also said as

  • બાપના થાન જેવું, બકરીના ગળાના આંચણ જેવું.
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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