બેઠક Bethak

પૈસા આઈ, પૈસા ભાઈ, પૈસા વગરની શી સગાઈ.

paisā āī, paisā bhāī, paisā vagaranī śī sagāī.

Literally
Money is mother, money is brother; without money, what relation is there?
What it means
Wealth is the ultimate source of respect and relationships in a materialistic world.

Also said as

  • પોચી માટી કાયલીએ ખણાય.
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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