બેઠક Bethak

જ્યાં હોય ખારનું ઝુંડુ, ત્યાં ન પાકે કુડું.

jyāṁ hōya khāranuṁ jhuṁḍu, tyāṁ na pākē kuḍuṁ.

Literally
Where there is a patch of salty soil, nothing bad yields.
What it means
Nothing wholesome or useful can grow out of a toxic and barren environment.

Also said as

  • જ્યાં ન પહોંચે રવિ, ત્યાં પહોંચે કવિ.
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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