ધણી એ રાજ તે મહારાજ, ને પુતરાજ તે ભૂતરાજ.

dhaṇī ē rāja tē mahārāja, nē putarāja tē bhūtarāja.

Literally: The rule of the husband is a great reign, but the rule of the son is the reign of a ghost.
What it means: A woman is respected and secure under her husband's authority, but dependent and miserable under her son's.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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