બેઠક Bethak

હાથમાંથી લુટી જાય, પણ કર્મથી લુટાય નહીં.

hāthamāṁthī luṭī jāya, paṇa karmathī luṭāya nahīṁ.

Literally
It can be plundered from the hand, but it cannot be plundered from one's destiny.
What it means
Physical possessions can be stolen, but a person's destined fortune and merits can never be taken away by anyone.

Also said as

  • હાથછૂટી ભલા કબજામાં રહે 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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