બેઠક Bethak

દીકરી સાસરે કે મસાણે સારી લાગે.

dīkarī sāsarē kē masāṇē sārī lāgē.

Literally
A daughter looks good either at her in-laws' house or at the crematorium.
What it means
Reflects the traditional view that a married woman must remain in her husband's home for life and never return to burden her parents.
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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