બેઠક Bethak

અદેખાને બેવડા બળાપા.

adēkhānē bēvaḍā baḷāpā.

Literally
The jealous person has double the agony.
What it means
Envy causes more suffering to the person feeling it than to the person being envied.

Also said as

  • અધર અધર વાત કરે છે.
  • અન્ન જીવાડે ને અન્ન મારે.
  • અન્નકાટને ચોટ નહીં.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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