બેઠક Bethak

અંગે અંગ ઢીલાં થયાં, હવે શું દાળદર પુંકે તેમ છે?

aṁgē aṁga ḍhīlāṁ thayāṁ, havē śuṁ dāḷadara puṁkē tēma chē?

Literally
The limbs have become loose, now is there any poverty to be plucked?
What it means
When one is too old or weak, they can no longer struggle against their circumstances.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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