બેઠક Bethak

જમાડનાર જમાડનાર થાય, તો જમનાર ક્યાં જાય?

jamāḍanāra jamāḍanāra thāya, tō jamanāra kyāṁ jāya?

Literally
If the one who feeds is ready, where will the eater go?
What it means
When a generous host is willing to give, eager recipients will naturally appear.

Also said as

  • જમાને આવ્યો પાપનો, ને દીકરો નહીં બાપનો.
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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