બેઠક Bethak

ઊંટ કર્યો ઠેકા તો માણસે કર્યા કાડાં.

ūṁṭa karyō ṭhēkā tō māṇasē karyā kāḍāṁ.

Literally
The camel grew tall, so man made stirrups.
What it means
Said of human ingenuity finding a remedy for every natural difficulty.

Also said as

  • ખુદાએ બનાવ્યા ઊંટ તો માનવીએ બનાવ્યાં પેગડાં.
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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