બેઠક Bethak

સાંકડ ઠાણાં બાંધણાં, આછાં નીરણ ઘાસ;

sāṁkaḍa ṭhāṇāṁ bāṁdhaṇāṁ, āchāṁ nīraṇa ghāsa;

Literally
Tight stables, poor quality fodder and grass.
What it means
Poor care, bad food, and cramped conditions will ruin even the finest horse.

Also said as

  • પાણી પીને તબડકી, એ તુરગના કરે વિનાશ.
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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