દીકરીની મા દેશ ખાય, દીકરાની મા દેશ ખાય.

dīkarīnī mā dēśa khāya, dīkarānī mā dēśa khāya.

Literally: The daughter's mother eats the country, the son's mother eats the country.
What it means: Said to show that mothers of both sons and daughters wield great influence and demand significant resources in their respective roles.

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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