બેઠક Bethak

ભાષા શાખા હય સહી, સંસ્કૃત એહી મૂલ;

bhāṣā śākhā haya sahī, saṁskr̥ta ēhī mūla;

Literally
Languages are indeed branches, Sanskrit is the very root;
What it means
Sanskrit is the source of all vernacular languages, which flourish like branches bearing fruit and flowers while the root remains hidden.

Also said as

  • મૂળ રહત હય ધૂલમેં, શાખામેં ફલફૂલ.
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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