બેઠક Bethak

પાન ખાઈએ કેવડી, ને માંહે કાથાનો રંગ;

pāna khāīē kēvaḍī, nē māṁhē kāthānō raṁga;

Literally
Eat the betel leaf of kewra, with the color of catechu inside.
What it means
Praise is due to things that are delicate, refined, and flexible.

Also said as

  • બાઈડી વખાણું પાતળી, જેનાં વાળ્યાં વળે અંગ.
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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