બેઠક Bethak

મારે મ્હાડે માહારા, ત્યારે મ્હાડે તાહારા.

mārē mhāḍē māhārā, tyārē mhāḍē tāhārā.

Literally
When it is my turn to speak, it is mine; when it is your turn, it is yours.
What it means
Everyone has the right to speak their own mind and express their own opinion.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
My mouth is mine, yours is yours.

Also said as

  • મારે ન હોય, પણ મારા પડોસીને હજે.
  • મારે તે મ્હા બાંધીને મારે, ને રોવા પણ દે નહીં.
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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