બેઠક Bethak

સાખી—બાયડી પરણે સારા ઘરની, લેવા સારા લાવા;

sākhī—bāyaḍī paraṇē sārā gharanī, lēvā sārā lāvā;

Literally
Couplet—One marries a wife from a good house to take good pleasures;
What it means
Warns against marrying above one's station for luxury, only to endure disrespect from a spouse.

Also said as

  • ધણી સામી આંખે કાઢે, પછી કરવા પસ્તાવા.
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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