વર રાય શીખધી, ભિખારી રાય ભીખથી.

vara rāya śīkhadhī, bhikhārī rāya bhīkhathī.

Literally: A bridegroom is king by wedding gifts, a beggar is king by alms.
What it means: People are only important or powerful because of what others give them.

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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