બેઠક Bethak

બની બનાવી બન રહી, અબ બનતેકી નાહી;

banī banāvī bana rahī, aba banatēkī nāhī;

Literally
What was made is made; now it cannot be made.
What it means
An accomplished fact cannot be changed by worrying about it.

Also said as

  • સોચ કીયે કછુ ન સુધરે, મગન રહા મનમાંહી.
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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