બેઠક Bethak

દીકરીનાં માગાં હોય, કાંઈ વહુનાં માગાં હોય?

dīkarīnāṁ māgāṁ hōya, kāṁī vahunāṁ māgāṁ hōya?

Literally
There are proposals for a daughter, are there ever proposals for a daughter-in-law?
What it means
Said to point out that proposals and offers are only made for those who are free and available, not those already committed.
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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