બેઠક Bethak

બાત બાતમેં બાત હે, ભાત ભાતકી બાત;

bāta bātamēṁ bāta hē, bhāta bhātakī bāta;

Literally
In every word there is meaning, and there are words of many kinds.
What it means
Utterances take many forms, and a single phrase can bring either reward or ruin.

Also said as

  • એક બાત ગજ દેત હે, એક બાત ગજ લાત.
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

Heard it differently, or know we've got the sense wrong? Tell us — that is exactly the kind of correction this needs.

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