બેઠક Bethak

વિદ્યા ભલપણ સમુદ્રજળ, ઉંચપણે આકાશ;

vidyā bhalapaṇa samudrajaḷa, uṁcapaṇē ākāśa;

Literally
Knowledge and goodness are like ocean water, and in height like the sky.
What it means
True learning and virtue are vast, deep, and limitless, beyond human measurement.

Also said as

  • ઉત્તર પંથ ને દેવગત, (તેના) પાર નહીં પૃથ્વીરાજ.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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