બેઠક Bethak

બ્રાહ્મણનું રાંધ્યું બ્રાહ્મણ ખાય કે ભેંસ ખાય.

brāhmaṇanuṁ rāṁdhyuṁ brāhmaṇa khāya kē bhēṁsa khāya.

Literally
Food cooked by a Brahmin is eaten either by a Brahmin or by a buffalo.
What it means
Food prepared under strict ritual purity rules is so plain or restricted that if another Brahmin doesn't eat it, it can only be discarded to animals.
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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