દાટે ધન પાતાળ, ગળેથી છુટે નહીં;

dāṭē dhana pātāḷa, gaḷēthī chuṭē nahīṁ;

Literally: Burying wealth deep in the earth, not letting it go from the throat;
What it means: Extreme misers guard their buried wealth fiercely and refuse to spend it even on their own basic needs.

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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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