બેઠક Bethak

પાન પદારથ સુઘડ નર, વણ તોળ્યાં વેચાય;

pāna padāratha sughaḍa nara, vaṇa tōḷyāṁ vēcāya;

Literally
Betel leaves, precious things, and wise men are sold without being weighed.
What it means
Things of intrinsic value and people of high merit do not need formal measurement to be appreciated.

Also said as

  • જેમ જેમ ભૂમિ પાલટે, (તેમ)મુલ્ય ઘણાં થાય.
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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