બેઠક Bethak

જ્યાં મંદવાડ ત્યાં ગંદવાડ.

jyāṁ maṁdavāḍa tyāṁ gaṁdavāḍa.

Literally
Where there is sickness, there is filth.
What it means
Disease and unsanitary conditions always accompany one another.

Also said as

  • જ્યાં લગણ રળવાની શક્તિ, ત્યાં લગણ પરિવારની ભક્તિ.
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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