બેઠક Bethak

ગરથ વિના ગુણ નહીં, ગુણ વિના ગ્યાન નહીં.

garatha vinā guṇa nahīṁ, guṇa vinā gyāna nahīṁ.

Literally
Without wealth there are no virtues, without virtues there is no knowledge.
What it means
Expresses the worldly view that society respects wisdom only when accompanied by wealth.

Also said as

  • ગ્યાન વિના પુણ્ય નહીં, પુણ્ય વિના માન નહીં.
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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