બેઠક Bethak

ભવ આખે રહ્યા, ત્યારે પારકે લાકડે બળ્યા.

bhava ākhē rahyā, tyārē pārakē lākaḍē baḷyā.

Literally
Spent the whole life, then burned on someone else's wood.
What it means
Living a life of dependency and dying without having achieved anything of one's own.

Also said as

  • ભણી ભણીને ઊંધા વળ્યા, આંઠે ઊઠે ઓટલા.
  • ઊઘાડે વાંસે રહ્યા, ત્યારે માંડ રોટલા મળ્યા.
  • જન્મારે આખે રહ્યા, ને જહનમમાં નાંખ્યું.
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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