બેઠક Bethak

ભીખ તેને ભૂખ શી?

bhīkha tēnē bhūkha śī?

Literally
To the beggar, what hunger?
What it means
A beggar is always hungry, so the question of hunger is irrelevant.

Also said as

  • ભીખારીને જ્યાં નય ત્યાં ઘર.
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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