બેઠક Bethak

ખેતર તેવાં વેતર.

khētara tēvāṁ vētara.

Literally
Like the field like the crop.
What it means
The quality of the output depends on the quality of the input.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
As you sow, so you reap.

Also said as

  • જેવું ખેતર તેવું વેતર.
  • જેવું કામ તેવું ફળ.
  • જેવું વાવો તેવું લણો.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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