બેઠક Bethak

લગન વેળા ઊંઘમાં ગઈ, પછી પસ્તાવાના પાર નહીં

lagana vēḷā ūṁghamāṁ gaī, pachī pastāvānā pāra nahīṁ

Literally
The wedding time was spent in sleep, then there is no end to regret.
What it means
Missing a crucial, life-defining opportunity through negligence leads to lifelong regret.

Also said as

  • લટકી રહ્યા ત્યાં શું જોર ચાલે?
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

Heard it differently, or know we've got the sense wrong? Tell us — that is exactly the kind of correction this needs.

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