બેઠક Bethak

કાતી કાપડ, જેઠે ઘી, ભાદરવે કપાસ.

kātī kāpaḍa, jēṭhē ghī, bhādaravē kapāsa.

Literally
Cotton in Kartik, ghee in Jeth, cotton in Bhadarvo.
What it means
Doing things at the wrong time leads to ruin.

Also said as

  • દીકરી ઘેર, વહુ માવતરે, એ પાંચે કરે વિનાશ.
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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