બેઠક Bethak

બાવા વાછરૂ વાળશે ? તો કહે, બાપનાં નથી વાળ્યાં તો તારાં શું વાળીએ ?

bāvā vācharū vāḷaśē ? tō kahē, bāpanāṁ nathī vāḷyāṁ tō tārāṁ śuṁ vāḷīē ?

Literally
Will the ascetic turn back the calves? He says, 'I did not turn back my father's, so why turn back yours?'
What it means
Said of someone who refuses to work for others after neglecting his own home duties.

Also said as

  • બાવાના માલ બગલમાં ઘાલ.
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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