બેઠક Bethak

બધાં તેડાં પાછાં જાય, પણ જમનું તેડું પાછું જાય નહીં.

badhāṁ tēḍāṁ pāchāṁ jāya, paṇa jamanuṁ tēḍuṁ pāchuṁ jāya nahīṁ.

Literally
All invitations can be turned back, but Yama's invitation never goes back.
What it means
Death is inevitable and cannot be avoided or postponed.
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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