બેઠક Bethak

ઘર ઊણેણી જુઓ, ને વિવાહ માંડી જુઓ.

ghara ūṇēṇī juō, nē vivāha māṁḍī juō.

Literally
Look at the house and look at the marriage.
What it means
One cannot truly anticipate the expenses involved in starting a household or a marriage.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
One cannot form an idea previously of what a marriage or a house will cost.

Also said as

  • ઘર માંડ્યું, કે એક તોલડી તેર વાનાં માગે.
  • માંદાની સુવાવડ, હજાર ચીજ જોઇએ.
  • સાત સાલ્લા ભેગા કરે, ત્યારે કામ આવે.
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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