બેઠક Bethak

બાપના બાપને ઘેલાં રૂવે.

bāpanā bāpanē ghēlāṁ rūvē.

Literally
Crying madly for the father's father.
What it means
Mourning or worrying excessively about ancestors or distant matters that no longer affect the present.

Also said as

  • બાપના બાપને સંભારે તેવું થયું.
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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