બેઠક Bethak

ધાન્ય ખાવું ધણીનું ને ગીત ગાવાં વીરાનાં.

dhānya khāvuṁ dhaṇīnuṁ nē gīta gāvāṁ vīrānāṁ.

Literally
Eat the grain of the master and sing the songs of the enemy.
What it means
It is disloyal to benefit from someone while supporting their rivals.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
He is an ill guest, who never drinks to his host.

Also said as

  • રહેવું કૌરવમાં ને જય વાંચવી પાંડવની.
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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