બેઠક Bethak

દેવ ગયા ડુંગરે, ને પીર ગયા મક્કે, ઈંગ્રેજના રાજમાં, દેડ મારે ધક્કે.

dēva gayā ḍuṁgarē, nē pīra gayā makkē, īṁgrējanā rājamāṁ, dēḍa mārē dhakkē.

Literally
The gods went to the mountains, and the saints went to Mecca; in the rule of the English, the Dhed pushes you.
What it means
Under British rule, traditional social hierarchies were disrupted, allowing lower classes to assert themselves over upper classes.

Also said as

  • દેવ ગયા, તો કહે, પૂજા ટળી.
  • દેવને ચપટી ચોખા તો જોઈએ.
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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