બેઠક Bethak

પેહેલું તિર્થ સાસુ સસરા, બીજું તિર્થ શાળી; ઠીકાઠક માતપિતા, શ્રેષ્ઠ તિર્થ ધરવાળી.

pēhēluṁ tirtha sāsu sasarā, bījuṁ tirtha śāḷī; ṭhīkāṭhaka mātapitā, śrēṣṭha tirtha dharavāḷī.

Literally
The first pilgrimage site is the parents-in-law, the second is the sister-in-law; parents are just so-so, but the best pilgrimage site is the wife.
What it means
A humorous observation on how a henpecked husband prioritizes his wife's family and his wife over his own parents.

Also said as

  • પેહેરવેશ ને ખોલી, દેશ જાત દે ખોલી.
  • પળ પળ પ્યારી છે.
  • પાઈ સારૂ નીલાડે આગ મુકે.
  • પાકે સારે લોણોળી પણ માડી થાય.
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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