બેઠક Bethak

આવરદા કાંઈ તાંતણા નથી કે તોડી નંખાય.

āvaradā kāṁī tāṁtaṇā nathī kē tōḍī naṁkhāya.

Literally
Lifespan is not a thread that can be broken.
What it means
One's life is not something that can be ended at will.

Also said as

  • આવી ઘાટડીએ, ને જાય હાડીએ.
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

Heard it differently, or know we've got the sense wrong? Tell us — that is exactly the kind of correction this needs.

← more starting with આ