બેઠક Bethak

ચેતતા નર સદા સુખી.

cētatā nara sadā sukhī.

Literally
The alert man is always happy.
What it means
Foresight and caution prevent future suffering.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
A doctor after death.When the house is burnt, you bring water.You are a day after the fair.

Also said as

  • પાણી પહેલી પાળ બાંધવી.
  • આગ લાગે ત્યારે કુવા ખોદાવે તે શા કામમાં આવે?
  • દુરંદેશીથી દુઃખ દૂર.
  • ખેતરે બોલ્યું ખળે લાભે.
  • શિયાળાની ખેડ, ચોમાસે ટોબડે.
  • કાકા લ્યો ખીચડી ઘાલો ગાં—માં.
  • A doctor after death.
  • When the house is burnt, you bring water.
  • You are a day after the fair.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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