બેઠક Bethak

બાપ તેવા બેટા ને વડ તેવા ટેટા.

bāpa tēvā bēṭā nē vaḍa tēvā ṭēṭā.

Literally
Like father, like sons, and like banyan tree, its berries.
What it means
Children naturally inherit the qualities and traits of their parents.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Out of debt, out of danger.Happy is the man who owes nothing.Worst kind of poverty is debt.To go to borrow is to go to sorrow.

Also said as

  • માએ પુત ને બાપની છાયા.
  • માએ પુત ને બાપે ઘોડા, બહેત નહીં તો ઘેડા ઘેડા.
  • જુના પેટમાં લીખ પાકે.
  • તુખમે તાસીર.
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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