બેઠક Bethak

તુલસી કહે છે સુમ ધન, નવ ખરચે નવ ખાય;

tulasī kahē chē suma dhana, nava kharacē nava khāya;

Literally
Tulsidas says of the miser's wealth, he neither spends it nor eats it.
What it means
A miser's hoarded wealth is useless to him, as he never enjoys it and eventually loses it to others.

Also said as

  • માખી મધ ભેગું કરી, આખર ઉડકે જાય.
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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