બેઠક Bethak

ભાગ્યશાળીને ભૂત રળે, ને અકર્મીની બાયડી મરે.

bhāgyaśāḷīnē bhūta raḷē, nē akarmīnī bāyaḍī marē.

Literally
A ghost works for the fortunate, while the unfortunate man's wife dies.
What it means
Everything turns out profitable for a lucky person, while a luckless person suffers constant losses.

Also said as

  • ભાગ્યા ઘરને સડેલા વાંસના ટેકા.
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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