બેઠક Bethak

છત નહીં ત્યાં છળભેદ.

chata nahīṁ tyāṁ chaḷabhēda.

Literally
Where there is no wealth, there is trickery and deceit.
What it means
Said of people resorting to cunning and deception when they lack legitimate means or riches.

Also said as

  • અછતની ઢાલ પ્રપંચ.
  • ન મળ્યાંનાં વેવલાં વીણાય.
  • મુફલરી ઇનસાનેને ભીખ માગતાં શિખવે છે.
  • દાહરે—હુતરે ટાટા બદબખ્ત, તુજે ન ગુજરી ધાત;
  • મુધરસેં નીકસન લગી, કુધર જેસી ળાત.
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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