સાસરું તો દહાડી, પણ મહીઅર તો વાડી.

sāsaruṁ tō dahāḍī, paṇa mahīara tō vāḍī.

Literally: The in-laws' house is daily labor, but the mother's home is a garden.
What it means: Life at the in-laws demands endless duty, whereas one's parental home offers ease and affection.

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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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