બેઠક Bethak

દેહાતી સુવે, ને વલોવતી ઉઠે.

dēhātī suvē, nē valōvatī uṭhē.

Literally
The villager goes to sleep, and she gets up churning butter.
What it means
Describing a hard-working rural lifestyle where work begins before others awaken and continues relentlessly.
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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