બેઠક Bethak

જો વરસે મઘા, તો ધાનના થાય ઢગા.

jō varasē maghā, tō dhānanā thāya ḍhagā.

Literally
If it rains in Magha, heaps of grain result.
What it means
Rain during the Magha nakshatra yields a bumper harvest.

Also said as

  • જો વરસે ઉત્તરા તો ધાન ન ખાય કુતરા.
  • જો વરસે પૂર્વા, તો લોક બેસે ઝુરવા.
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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