બેઠક Bethak

હાથમાંથી લુટી જાય, પણ કર્મમાંથી લુટાય નહીં.

hāthamāṁthī luṭī jāya, paṇa karmamāṁthī luṭāya nahīṁ.

Literally
It can be robbed from the hand, but it cannot be robbed from one's destiny.
What it means
Possessions can be stolen, but whatever is ordained by fate can never be taken away.

Also said as

  • હાથછુટી બલા કબજામાં રહે 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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