ધણી દુખે કે ઢોર દુખે?

dhaṇī dukhē kē ḍhōra dukhē?

Literally: Does the master suffer, or does the beast suffer?
What it means: The owner of a business or property ultimately bears the loss and anxiety, not the hired help or the assets.

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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