બેઠક Bethak

નેહ નેહ સબ કાઈ કહે, નેહ નિલાવત નાંહીં;

nēha nēha saba kāī kahē, nēha nilāvata nāṁhīṁ;

Literally
Everyone talks of love, but no one sustains love.
What it means
It is easy to profess affection, but very few possess the commitment to maintain it through challenges.

Also said as

  • ચડકે મોમ તુરંગપર, ચલવે પાવક માંહી.
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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