બેઠક Bethak

રાત ગમાઈ સોય કર, દિવસ ગુમાયો ખાય;

rāta gamāī sōya kara, divasa gumāyō khāya;

Literally
The night was wasted in sleeping, and the day was wasted in eating.
What it means
Said of someone who squanders their precious life in idle pleasures and laziness instead of doing meaningful work.

Also said as

  • હીરા જન્મ અમલ થા, સો કોડી બદલે જાય.
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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