બેઠક Bethak

ચોપાયા—બાર ફાસી ભાષા બદલે, તરવર બદલે શાખા;

cōpāyā—bāra phāsī bhāṣā badalē, taravara badalē śākhā;

What it means
Left blank on purpose. The scan is damaged here and the words are not certain enough to translate — English written over a guess would hide the guess rather than fix it. The Gujarati above is what could be read.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Habit is second nature.Crooked by nature, will never be straight by education.What is bred in the bone, will not come out in flesh.A rope even after it is burnt to ashes it keeps its coils.

Also said as

  • જાતે દહાડે કેશ બદલે, પણ લખણ ન બદલે લાખા.
  • કડવી વેલકી કડવી તુંબડીઆં, અડસઠ તીર્થ ફીરકે આઈ;
  • ગંગા નાહી, ગોમતી નાહી, તોભી ન મીટી કડવાઈ.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · awaiting its meaning

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