ધણીની શેટી બાપની પાલખી કરતાં સારી.

dhaṇīnī śēṭī bāpanī pālakhī karatāṁ sārī.

Literally: A husband's stick is better than a father's palanquin.
What it means: A wife's true place and honor lie in her husband's home, despite any hardships there.

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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