બેઠક Bethak

હોય દોકડા તો, પરણે કાણા ઓબડા;

hōya dōkaḍā tō, paraṇē kāṇā ōbaḍā;

Literally
If there are coins, even the one-eyed and misshapen get married.
What it means
Wealth enables even deformed or undesirable individuals to find a spouse.

Also said as

  • ન હોય દોકડા તો, રહી જાય કેવડા ને મોગરા.
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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