બેઠક Bethak

જળ ઊંડાં ખેડી જજરી, કાંઠા ક્યાંયે ન દેખાય;

jaḷa ūṁḍāṁ khēḍī jajarī, kāṁṭhā kyāṁyē na dēkhāya;

Literally
The water is deep and the boat is worn out, the banks are nowhere to be seen.
What it means
Everything goes wrong for a person who is already in a state of misfortune.

Also said as

  • જેના ખુટ્યા ખારવા, તેના વા પણ કવારે વાય.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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