બેઠક Bethak

રેડે ત્યાં રેલા, નહીં ત્યાં ઊજડ ખેડાં.

rēḍē tyāṁ rēlā, nahīṁ tyāṁ ūjaḍa khēḍāṁ.

Literally
Streams where it pours, desolate ruins where it does not.
What it means
Wealth and resources gather excessively in a few places while leaving others completely barren.

Also said as

  • રેવડી દાણાદાણ.
  • રૈયત રાજ રામની નથી થઈ.
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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