બેઠક Bethak

બ્રાહ્મણ કહી છૂટે ને બળદ વહી છૂટે.

brāhmaṇa kahī chūṭē nē baḷada vahī chūṭē.

Literally
The Brahmin escapes by speaking, and the ox escapes by running.
What it means
Different creatures have their own natural ways of escaping trouble or getting out of work.
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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