બેઠક Bethak

કરજ કરીને તેહેવાર કરવા તે દુઃખી થવાનું.

karaja karīnē tēhēvāra karavā tē duḥkhī thavānuṁ.

Literally
Celebrating festivals by taking on debt is to bring misery upon oneself.
What it means
Borrowing money merely for lavish celebrations leads to financial ruin.

Also said as

  • કરજ, કારભાર ને કન્યા કરગરવાથી મળે 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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