બેઠક Bethak

નારી વિણ નિંદાય છે, નારી વિણ નહીં સુખ;

nārī viṇa niṁdāya chē, nārī viṇa nahīṁ sukha;

Literally
Without a woman one is criticized, without a woman there is no happiness;
What it means
A man's life is incomplete, unhappy, and socially unrespected without a wife.

Also said as

  • નારી વિણ નહીં આબરુ, નારી વિસારે દુઃખ.
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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