બેઠક Bethak

સાખી—આંબા ડાળે કાયલ રાજી, મચ્છી રાજી જળમાં;

sākhī—āṁbā ḍāḷē kāyala rājī, macchī rājī jaḷamāṁ;

Literally
Couplet—The cuckoo is happy on the mango branch, the fish is happy in the water;
What it means
Every living being finds happiness in its own natural element.

Also said as

  • ઘરબારી તે ઘરમાં રાજી, જોગી રાજી વનમાં.
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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