બેઠક Bethak

એની જડે નહીં જગમાં જોડ, નખતર માહુ નિપજે;

ēnī jaḍē nahīṁ jagamāṁ jōḍa, nakhatara māhu nipajē;

Literally
Its match cannot be found in the world, produced among the stars;
What it means
Truly rare and precious things or people are hard to find, while common and useless things are found everywhere.

Also said as

  • ઝાઝાં આવળ ઓર, કેસર છોડ તો ક્યાંક છે.
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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