બેઠક Bethak

સોરઠા—જોઈ વહોરીએ જાત, વરસાણે વેપ નહીં;

sōraṭhā—jōī vahōrīē jāta, varasāṇē vēpa nahīṁ;

Literally
Buy the caste after seeing it, there is no trade in the year.
What it means
Choose your associations carefully as they are permanent.

Also said as

  • પડી પટોળે ભાત, ફાટે પણ ફીટે નહીં.
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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