બેઠક Bethak

નાગો નાહાય શું ને નીચોવે શું?

nāgō nāhāya śuṁ nē nīcōvē śuṁ?

Literally
What will a naked man bathe in, and what will he wring out?
What it means
A person with no money or possessions cannot be robbed, taxed, or forced to part with anything.

Also said as

  • નાચનારીને પગ રહે નહીં, ને ગાનારીનું ગળું રહે નહીં.
  • નાચવું ખુંદવું નફટ થવું; સૌથી લુંડુ તે ધુણવા જેવું.
  • નાઠી રાંડ સો ગામ ઊજ્જડ કરે.
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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