બેઠક Bethak

મારજો કે મરજો તમે, નવ દેશો પુંઠ લગાર; સૈયર મેણાં મારશે, જે કાયર કરી નાર.

mārajō kē marajō tamē, nava dēśō puṁṭha lagāra; saiyara mēṇāṁ māraśē, jē kāyara karī nāra.

Literally
Kill or be killed, but do not turn your back at all; my friends will taunt me as the wife of a coward;
What it means
It is better to die fighting bravely than to survive as a coward and bring shame upon one's family.

Also said as

  • મારજો કે મરજો તમે, નવ દેશો પુંઠ લગાર;
  • સૈયર મેણાં મારશે, જે કાયર કરી નાર.
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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