ઓડ ઊમરેઠના ઊંડા કુવા, દીકરી દે તેનાં માબાપ મુઆં.

ōḍa ūmarēṭhanā ūṁḍā kuvā, dīkarī dē tēnāṁ mābāpa muāṁ.

Literally: Deep wells of Od and Umreth; parents who marry their daughter there are as good as dead.
What it means: Giving one's daughter in marriage to a place of harsh conditions brings lifelong suffering to her and her family.

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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