બેઠક Bethak

અગ્નિને ઊધાઈ અડે નહીં.

agninē ūdhāī aḍē nahīṁ.

Literally
Termites do not touch fire.
What it means
Certain things are naturally immune to the destructive forces that affect others.
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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