બેઠક Bethak

ખરું રળ્યા જે ગાંઠ કરી.

kharuṁ raḷyā jē gāṁṭha karī.

Literally
What is truly earned is what is tied in the knot.
What it means
Only what you save or keep for yourself is truly yours.

Also said as

  • ગાંઠે બચ્યું તે આપણું.
  • ખરું રળ્યા જે ખરચ્યું હાથથી.
  • ખરું રળ્યા જે ન કર્યું પાપ.
  • ખરું રળ્યા જેણે નિદા કરી 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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