બેઠક Bethak

નાખતાં પહોંચે ત્યાં સુધી ખરા.

nākhatāṁ pahōṁcē tyāṁ sudhī kharā.

Literally
As long as it reaches when thrown, it is true.
What it means
A method or effort is considered successful as long as it manages to achieve the desired result, regardless of how crude it is.

Also said as

  • નાગ, ફાગ ને દિવાળી, એ ત્રણે આવે એક વારી.
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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