બેઠક Bethak

લાભોજી લાભોજી થાય, ત્યાં શે મેળ ?

lābhōjī lābhōjī thāya, tyāṁ śē mēḷa ?

Literally
Where everyone is crying 'Profit! Profit!', how can there be harmony?
What it means
No agreement or fair deal can be reached when all parties are driven solely by extreme selfishness.
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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