બેઠક Bethak

પરણેલી તો જેવી તેવી, પણ નાતરાની તો જોઇને લેવી.

paraṇēlī tō jēvī tēvī, paṇa nātarānī tō jōinē lēvī.

Literally
A first wife is as she is, but a remarried one must be chosen after careful inspection.
What it means
While one must accept their first spouse regardless of flaws, any subsequent choice must be made with extreme caution.

Also said as

  • પરણાવતાં સાસુ હરખાયાં, પછી સાસુ હડકાયાં.
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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