બેઠક Bethak

અતિ બેપારી કબાલીકા, એક પુરુષ દો નાર;

ati bēpārī kabālīkā, ēka puruṣa dō nāra;

Literally
Too much trading leads to ruin, and one man with two wives.
What it means
Overextending one's business or managing too many domestic relationships leads to inevitable conflict and downfall.

Also said as

  • વાકું મત કાઇ મારી હે, માર રખા કીરતાર.
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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