બેઠક Bethak

અમારા ગઢ હેઠ, કોણે તંબુ તાણીઆ; સધરા મોટા શેઠ, બીજા વરતાઊ વાણીઆ.

amārā gaḍha hēṭha, kōṇē taṁbu tāṇīā; sadharā mōṭā śēṭha, bījā varatāū vāṇīā.

Literally
Who has pitched tents below our fort? Sidhraj is a great merchant, the others are just trading Banias;
What it means
Said to mock an invading army or a powerful opponent by downplaying their military might as mere commercial dealings.
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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