બેઠક Bethak

ઊંટે કર્યા ઠેકા તો માણસે કર્યા કાઠાં.

ūṁṭē karyā ṭhēkā tō māṇasē karyā kāṭhāṁ.

Literally
The camel made the tracks, and the man made the stirrups.
What it means
Humans adapt their tools to the challenges nature presents.

Also said as

  • ખુદાએ બનાવ્યા ઊંટ તો માનવીએ બનાવ્યાં પેગડાં.
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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