બેઠક Bethak

બેત—ખાખકા પુતલા બના, ખાખકી તસવીર હે;

bēta—khākhakā putalā banā, khākhakī tasavīra hē;

Literally
Made as an effigy of dust, it is a picture of dust.
What it means
Human life is fragile and bound to perish into dust.

Also said as

  • ખાખમેં મીલ જાયગેં, ફીર ખાખ દામનગીર હે.
  • Death defies the doctor.
  • There is no medicine against death.
  • Dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return.
  • Death is deaf and hears no denial.
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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