બેઠક Bethak

બહેતેમે બહે જર્‌યેગે, તુમ નહીં પકડા બાંહી;

bahētēmē bahē jar‌yēgē, tuma nahīṁ pakaḍā bāṁhī;

Literally
We will be swept away in the current if you do not hold our hand;
What it means
A prayer for divine intervention and protection to save one from drowning in the ocean of worldly existence.

Also said as

  • તુમ હો સુસ્તી કીજીએ, હમે હય દરિયા માંહી.
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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