બેઠક Bethak

બ્રાહ્મણવાડે ફાતિયા. અપવાસીને ઘેર ઢોકળાં.

brāhmaṇavāḍē phātiyā. apavāsīnē ghēra ḍhōkaḷāṁ.

Literally
Fatiha prayers in the Brahmin's quarter. Dhokla in the house of the faster.
What it means
One should not expect to find things where they are culturally or logically out of place.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Diamond cuts diamond.Art must be deluded by art.

Also said as

  • બ્રાહ્મણ વાડે ફાતિયા.
  • અપવાસીને ઘેર ઢોકળાં.
  • વાંઢાને ઘેર વલોણું.
  • વાંઝીઆને ઘેર પારણું.
  • અપાસરે ધોસરું.
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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