બેઠક Bethak

રામ ધણી, કે ગામ ધણી.

rāma dhaṇī, kē gāma dhaṇī.

Literally
Is God the master, or is the village the master?
What it means
A dilemma of whether to follow divine law or yield to local social pressure and authority.

Also said as

  • રાળ રાળ કરી નાંખવું.
  • રીતમાં હું, ને ધરેણાંમાં તું.
  • રીસ તારી ને મારે સંતાપ.
  • રીસ ને રેલા હેઠળ ઊનરે.
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.

← more starting with ર