સ્ત્રી રહે તો આપથી અને જાય તો સગા બાપથી

strī rahē tō āpathī anē jāya tō sagā bāpathī

Literally: A woman stays of her own will and leaves despite her own father.
What it means: Neither the staying nor the going was ever anybody else's to decide.

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