બેઠક Bethak

ભીખનાં હાંલ્લાં સીંકે ચડે નહીં.

bhīkhanāṁ hāṁllāṁ sīṁkē caḍē nahīṁ.

Literally
Begged pots do not go on the hanging shelf.
What it means
Things obtained through begging are not meant to be stored or kept for long.

Also said as

  • બીખે ભંડાર ભરાય નહીં.
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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