બેઠક Bethak

સૌ લાવીએ રાંડી, પણ એક ન લાવીએ છાંડી.

sau lāvīē rāṁḍī, paṇa ēka na lāvīē chāṁḍī.

Literally
Bring all widowed women, but do not bring one abandoned woman.
What it means
A discarded, resentful spouse causes far more bitter domestic strife than a widow.

Also said as

  • સૌ વરસની સજા તે ભટ તોડે ભાટીએ.
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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