બેઠક Bethak

દીવા પાછળ અંધારું.

dīvā pāchaḷa aṁdhāruṁ.

Literally
Darkness behind the lamp.
What it means
People often fail to see the faults or problems that are closest to them.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
There is always darkness, under the lamp.

Also said as

  • મોર કળા કરે, પણ પાછળથી નાગો દેખાય.
  • કર્મીના કર્મા તે તો ફાટ ઠેકાણે થાય.
  • દીવા પાછળ દીવો થાય, તે મહા પુણ્યવાન ગણાય.
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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