બેઠક Bethak

વાંઢા કે વટલ્યા, છેતરાણા કે વેહેવરાણા, મન જાણે,

vāṁḍhā kē vaṭalyā, chētarāṇā kē vēhēvarāṇā, mana jāṇē,

Literally
Whether bachelors or converted, cheated or married into relatives, the mind knows.
What it means
Says that only the person affected truly knows the secret pain or humiliation of their life circumstances.

Also said as

  • વાંઢા ને વળી વેહેલમાં બેઠા.
  • વાળી ઝોળી, ન મુકયા કાઠી કે કાળી.
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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