બેઠક Bethak

કંકાસણીને ક્લેશ વહાલો, પણણીને હાર વહાલો.

kaṁkāsaṇīnē klēśa vahālō, paṇaṇīnē hāra vahālō.

Literally
The quarrelsome woman loves conflict, the married woman loves the necklace.
What it means
People are driven by their own specific desires and natures.

Also said as

  • કંગાલ ગામની લૂટમાં, ચરખે પણ ગનીમત.
  • કંકુના ચાલ્લાની આશા સહુ રાખે, મેસના ચાલ્લાની આશા કાઈ ન રાખે.
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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