બેઠક Bethak

સવૈયા—પાવક જળબુંદ નિવારન સૂરજ તાપેકા છત્ર કીયા હે,

savaiyā—pāvaka jaḷabuṁda nivārana sūraja tāpēkā chatra kīyā hē,

Literally
Water drops can stop fire, an umbrella is made for the sun's heat; there is medicine for illness, a whip for a horse, a mantra for ghosts, but there is no medicine for nature.
What it means
Inherent character traits cannot be altered by any external remedy.

Also said as

  • વ્યાધિકું વૈદ તુરગકુ ચાબુક, ચોપગકુ ખખડ દીયા હે;
  • હસ્તી મહામદકુ અંકુશ હે, ભૂત પિશાય મંત્ર કીયા હે,
  • ઓષધ હે સબકા સુખકારક, સ્વભાવકા ઓષધ નાહીં કીયા હે.
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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