બેઠક Bethak

રોગી વૈદ્ય શા કામના ?

rōgī vaidya śā kāmanā ?

Literally
What use is a sick physician?
What it means
A person who cannot fix their own problems is in no position to advise others.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Between the hammer and the anvil.Though the physioian of others, yet thyself is full of sores.

Also said as

  • ભીખ માગી ભોગ ભોગવવા, તે દાટવા જેવા.
  • રોગી ભોગી વૈદ્ય રાગી, શુરા પુઠે વા;
  • ધાતરવાડી ભીખ માગે, એ ચાર મેળા ધા.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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