દીકરાને મરતા મૂકે, કે વહુના મચકા ભાંગે.

dīkarānē maratā mūkē, kē vahunā macakā bhāṁgē.

Literally: She lets her son die just to crush her daughter-in-law's pride.
What it means: Said of a foolishly spiteful mother-in-law who harms her own family's well-being merely to spite her daughter-in-law.

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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