બેઠક Bethak

ગોળ વગર મોળા કંસાર.

gōḷa vagara mōḷā kaṁsāra.

Literally
Without jaggery, sweet pudding is bland.
What it means
A household or life lacks joy and warmth without a wife to manage it.

Also said as

  • સ્ત્રી વગર સુનો સંસાર.
  • સ્ત્રી વગર ઘર શોભે નહીં.
  • સુનું ઘર શ્યામા વિના.
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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