બેઠક Bethak

પુત્રી પિહેરમાં રહી, ભલે કરે ગુલતાન;

putrī pihēramāṁ rahī, bhalē karē gulatāna;

Literally
A daughter staying at her father's house may well make merry;
What it means
A married woman's rightful and honorable place is in her husband's home, and staying permanently at her parents' house is socially inappropriate.

Also said as

  • પણ તે શોભે સાસરે, કાં શોભે સ્મશાન.
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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