બેઠક Bethak

ચિતા અયસી ડાકિણિ, કાટ કલેજા ખાય;

citā ayasī ḍākiṇi, kāṭa kalējā khāya;

Literally
Worry is such a witch, it cuts and eats the heart;
What it means
Anxiety consumes a person from the inside, and no medicine can cure it.

Also said as

  • તબીબ બિચારા કયા કરે, કહાં કહાં દારૂ લગાય.
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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