બેઠક Bethak

દાલત બેટી સુમકી, ખરચી કદી ન જાય;

dālata bēṭī sumakī, kharacī kadī na jāya;

Literally
Wealth is the daughter of a miser, she is never spent; raised and nourished to be big, she suddenly leaves for another's house.
What it means
A miser hoards wealth without ever enjoying it, only for it to eventually end up in someone else's hands.

Also said as

  • પાળી પોપી મોટી કરી, પરધેર ઉઠ ચલ જાય.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) · 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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