બેઠક Bethak

દીકરીની મા રાણી, ઘડપણે ભરે પાણી.

dīkarīnī mā rāṇī, ghaḍapaṇē bharē pāṇī.

Literally
The daughter's mother is a queen, but in old age she fetches water.
What it means
Said of a mother who enjoys comfort while her daughters are young but is left with no one to care for her in her old age.
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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