બેઠક Bethak

નમે સૌ ભારી, ભરી ભરી ત્રાજવું જેણે નમે સૌ ભારી.

namē sau bhārī, bharī bharī trājavuṁ jēṇē namē sau bhārī.

Literally
Everyone bows to the heavy; whichever side of the scale is full, everyone bows to that heavy side.
What it means
People naturally respect and defer to those who possess wealth, power, or substance.
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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