બેઠક Bethak

બ્રાહ્મણને મન ગાય, પણ આખલાને શું?

brāhmaṇanē mana gāya, paṇa ākhalānē śuṁ?

Literally
To the Brahmin she is a cow, but what is she to the bull?
What it means
What is sacred or highly valued by one person is merely an object of basic desire or utility to another.
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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