બેઠક Bethak

મન વિના મળવું ને હેત વિના હળવું, નકામું.

mana vinā maḷavuṁ nē hēta vinā haḷavuṁ, nakāmuṁ.

Literally
Meeting without heart and moving without affection is useless.
What it means
Relationships without genuine feeling are hollow and meaningless.

Also said as

  • કમતનાં કંકાડાં સારાં લાગે નહીં.
  • હેતના કુસકા સારા, પણ કમનની કમોદ ખોટી.
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

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

← more starting with મ