બેઠક Bethak

દોહરા—પહેલું તીરથ સાસુ સસરા, બીજું તીરથ શાળી; માનાપ તો નદી નાળે, ખરું તીરથ ધરવાળી.

dōharā—pahēluṁ tīratha sāsu sasarā, bījuṁ tīratha śāḷī; mānāpa tō nadī nāḷē, kharuṁ tīratha dharavāḷī.

Literally
First pilgrimage is parents-in-law, second pilgrimage is sister-in-law; mother and father are in the river, the true pilgrimage is the wife.
What it means
A man's primary duty and focus in life is his wife.

Also said as

  • મા વડે મહીઅર ને બાપવડે લાડ;
  • ભાઈ ભોજાઈને ઘેર ગયાં, તો લોકના જેવાં ખાર.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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