બેઠક Bethak

અનીતિસેં ધન હોત હય, વર્ષ પાંચકે સાત;

anītisēṁ dhana hōta haya, varṣa pāṁcakē sāta;

Literally
Wealth is acquired through injustice for five to seven years;
What it means
Ill-gotten wealth obtained through dishonest means may last for a short while but is eventually destroyed completely, root and branch.

Also said as

  • તુલસી દ્વાદશ વર્ષમેં, જડા મૂલસેં જાત.
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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