બેઠક Bethak

ધરના કામે બાદશાહ ગુલામ.

dharanā kāmē bādaśāha gulāma.

Literally
In doing household chores, an emperor is a slave.
What it means
Everyone must humble themselves when attending to their own domestic work.

Also said as

  • ધરના ગાંજો અને ધરની ચલમ, મારે ફાવે તેમ દમ, પુલી પુલી બનો.
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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