બેઠક Bethak

મોટાના મંદવાડ ને ગરીબનું છીણાણું તુરત છતું થાય.

mōṭānā maṁdavāḍa nē garībanuṁ chīṇāṇuṁ turata chatuṁ thāya.

Literally
The illness of the great and the poverty of the poor are immediately exposed.
What it means
The private struggles of both the rich and the poor eventually become public knowledge.

Also said as

  • મોટાની છાશ પોટલે વેચાય.
  • સોરઠા—મોટાના મંદવાડ, રજના ગજ થઈ પડે;
  • એ વૈદોનાં ઝાડ, સાચું સોરઠીઓ ભણે.
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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