બેઠક Bethak

નાણું ચાદીઆની જીભમાં કે નવાબના ખજાનામાં.

nāṇuṁ cādīānī jībhamāṁ kē navābanā khajānāmāṁ.

Literally
Money is in the tongue of the silver-tongued or in the treasury of the Nawab.
What it means
Wealth is found either through persuasive speech or by being in the service of the powerful.

Also said as

  • આંખે મેર ને લાખે લેખાં, જાતે દહાડે કાંઈ ન દેખાં.
  • હૈયા પુટાના કર્મમાં હાથ ઘસ.
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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