બેઠક Bethak

ગોળ વગર મોળો કંસાર.

gōḷa vagara mōḷō kaṁsāra.

Literally
Without jaggery, the kansar is bland.
What it means
Life or a household is incomplete without a woman.

Also said as

  • સ્ત્રી વગર સૂનો સંસાર.
  • શ્રી વગર ઘર શોભે નહીં.
  • મૃત્યુ ઘર શ્યામા વિના.
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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