બેઠક Bethak

નાચવું નહિ ત્યારે આંગણું વાંકું.

nācavuṁ nahi tyārē āṁgaṇuṁ vāṁkuṁ.

Literally
If one does not want to dance, the courtyard is crooked.
What it means
People make excuses when they do not want to do something.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Where there is will there is way.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.

Also said as

  • લખવું નહિ ત્યારે લેખણનો વાંક.
  • નહીં કરવાનાં હજાર બહાનાં.
  • મન હોય તો માળવે જવાય.

The same thought elsewhere

  • नाच न जाने आंगन टेढा. Hindi
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) બૃહદ કહેવત કથાસાગર (Bruhad Kahevat Kathasagar) (1920) · 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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