બેઠક Bethak

જીવાનાં ઘર ગોંદરે, ને ઊધઈનાં ઘર ખેતર.

jīvānāṁ ghara gōṁdarē, nē ūdhaīnāṁ ghara khētara.

Literally
The homes of insects are at the village commons, and the homes of termites are in the field.
What it means
Every creature, no matter how small or destructive, has its own natural habitat where it thrives.

Also said as

  • જે આશાએ રહે, તેને અપવાસ પડે.
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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