બેઠક Bethak

બાલસૈં ખેલ નહીં, બડેસૈં વેર નહીં.

bālasaiṁ khēla nahīṁ, baḍēsaiṁ vēra nahīṁ.

Literally
No playing with children, no enmity with the great.
What it means
One should avoid trivializing children and avoid making enemies of powerful people.

Also said as

  • બાલાપન એલમે ખોયા, જુવાની નીંદભર સોયા, બુઢાપા દેખ દેખ રોયા.
  • બાલક રાજી રમાડે, ને બ્રાહ્મણ રાજી જમાડે.
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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