બેઠક Bethak

વ્યાજને ઘોડા ન પોહાંયે.

vyājanē ghōḍā na pōhāṁyē.

Literally
The horse of interest does not reach.
What it means
Debt grows faster than one can earn to pay it off.

Also said as

  • વ્યાજને વિસામે નહીં.
  • એક રામે લંકા લીધી, તો ઝાઝા રામ ચડે ત્યાં શું બાળી રહે?
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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