બેઠક Bethak

બેઠાં ઝોકાં ખાય, વાટા કસુંબાની જુવે;

bēṭhāṁ jhōkāṁ khāya, vāṭā kasuṁbānī juvē;

Literally
Sitting and dozing off, looking out for the opium drink;
What it means
Lazy and addicted people are useless and incapable of doing any real work.

Also said as

  • એનાથી શું થાય, સાચું સોરઠીઆ ભણે.
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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