બેઠક Bethak

બ્રાહ્મણનો સાળો અંડા, ગરાશીઆનો સાળો ગોલા.

brāhmaṇanō sāḷō aṁḍā, garāśīānō sāḷō gōlā.

Literally
A Brahmin's brother-in-law is a simpleton, a Garasia's brother-in-law is a slave.
What it means
Relatives of powerful or proud people often hold very low or subservient positions.
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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