બ્રાહ્મણભાઈ જીવતાં દિવાળીઆ, ને મુવે વેહેવારીઆ.

brāhmaṇabhāī jīvatāṁ divāḷīā, nē muvē vēhēvārīā.

Literally: The Brahmin brother is bankrupt while alive, and a wealthy merchant when dead.
What it means: Said of someone who is poor and neglected in life but whose death is marked with expensive rituals and donations.

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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