બેઠક Bethak

દુનીઆ ઝુકતી હે, ઝુકનેવાલા ચાહીએ.

dunīā jhukatī hē, jhukanēvālā cāhīē.

Literally
The world bows, one needs to know how to make it bow.
What it means
People will yield if you know how to handle them.

Also said as

  • દુનીઆ દિવાની હે, સમજનેવાલા ચાહીએ.
  • દુનીઆ દંભે બોળવાય.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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