બેઠક Bethak

પરનારીની પ્રીત

paranārīnī prīta

Literally
Love for another's wife;
What it means
Pursuing a relationship with another man's wife leads to moral ruin and is worse than death.

Also said as

  • અગિનમાં બળવું ભલું, ભલું વિષનું પાન;
  • શિયળ ખંડિત ના ભલું, નવ કાંઈ શિયળ સમાન.
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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