બેઠક Bethak

બાવન હજાર બાંધીઆ, ઘોડા ગઢ ગિરનાર; કેમ સહે સોરઠ ધણી, ખોણુ દળ ખેંગાર.

bāvana hajāra bāṁdhīā, ghōḍā gaḍha giranāra; kēma sahē sōraṭha dhaṇī, khōṇu daḷa khēṁgāra.

Literally
Fifty-two thousand horses are tied at the fort of Girnar; how can the lord of Sorath, Khengar, tolerate a deficient army?
What it means
Expresses the pride and high standards of a powerful ruler who cannot tolerate any weakness or deficiency in his forces.
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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