- Literally
- If a servant steals, there is still prosperity, but if the master steals, there is ruin.
- What it means
- A business can survive minor pilfering by employees, but dishonesty or embezzlement by the owner leads to total ruin.
Also said as
- ચાકરને ઘેર ચુકર ઘણા, ને ચુકરને ઘેર નકર ઘણા.
- ચાકરથી હસે તેટલું માન ખસે.
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