બેઠક Bethak

ધર્મી ધર્મ કરે, પાપી પેટ કુટે.

dharmī dharma karē, pāpī pēṭa kuṭē.

Literally
The righteous perform righteousness; the sinner beats his stomach.
What it means
Good people spend their time doing virtuous deeds, while the wicked spend theirs grieving over their unsatisfied desires.

Also said as

  • ધરાઇ ગાં— ઠરડકા કરે.
  • ધરાયા ઠણુકા કરે, ને ભૂખ્યા વાળ તોડે.
  • ધાઓ ધાઓ, પણ કર્મમાં હોય તો ખાઓ.
  • ધાતાં ધન ન મળે, પણ ધાન મળે.
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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