રાજ કહે તે હા અને બાપ પરણે તે મા.

rāja kahē tē hā anē bāpa paraṇē tē mā.

Literally: What the king says is 'yes', and whom the father marries is 'mother'.
What it means: Demands unquestioning submission to absolute authority and acceptance of forced decisions.

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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