બેઠક Bethak

જોષીનાં રાંડત નહીં, ને વૈદનાં મરત નહીં.

jōṣīnāṁ rāṁḍata nahīṁ, nē vaidanāṁ marata nahīṁ.

Literally
If the astrologer's [family] did not become widows, and the physician's [family] did not die.
What it means
Professionals cannot use their skills to save themselves or their own families from the natural course of fate and death.

Also said as

  • જંગલમાં મોર નાચે, તે કાણુ જુવે?
  • જાંગ ઉઘાડી કરવી.
  • જાંબુ ખાવાં સેહેલાં નથી.
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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