બેઠક Bethak

મુવેકું ઢાંકણ કરે, છતેકા શણગાર.

muvēkuṁ ḍhāṁkaṇa karē, chatēkā śaṇagāra.

Literally
It covers the dead, and adorns the living.
What it means
True love or goodness is like cotton, which serves to cover the dead as a shroud and adorn the living as clothing.

Also said as

  • સજ્જન મીલાપી બહોત હય, તાલી મિત્ર અનેક;
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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