બેઠક Bethak

મત દીધે માને નહીં, ક્યતે મન કાળાય;

mata dīdhē mānē nahīṁ, kyatē mana kāḷāya;

Literally
If one does not listen when told, how can the mind be changed?
What it means
Stubborn people refuse to accept advice.

Also said as

  • અવળે અક્ષરે આવીયા, તે સવળા કેમ સહેવાય.
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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