બેઠક Bethak

બ્રાહ્મણ ઘેર ખાય ને ઝેર ખાય બરાબર.

brāhmaṇa ghēra khāya nē jhēra khāya barābara.

Literally
Eating at a Brahmin's house is equal to eating poison.
What it means
Accepting food or charity from a priest brings spiritual debt or misfortune, as they are meant to receive, not give.
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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