બેઠક Bethak

હાકમ બીન હુકમ નહીં, હુકમ બીન હાકમ નહીં.

hākama bīna hukama nahīṁ, hukama bīna hākama nahīṁ.

Literally
No ruler without an order, no order without a ruler.
What it means
Authority and the power to command are inseparable; one cannot exist without the other.

Also said as

  • હાજતમેં હુજ્જત નહીં.
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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