બેઠક Bethak

ભર્યા ચરૂમાંથી દાણે ચાંપી જોવાય.

bharyā carūmāṁthī dāṇē cāṁpī jōvāya.

Literally
From a full pot, one grain is pressed to check.
What it means
A small sample is sufficient to judge the quality of the whole.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
By a handful the whole sack may be known.A whole may be judged by a part.

Also said as

  • ઘેડા ઉપરથી બધાની પરીક્ષા.
  • અંગુઠા પ્રમાણે રાવણ.
  • કાકા દીઠે કુટુંબ દીઠું, ને મામા દીઠે મેસાળ દીઠું.
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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