બેઠક Bethak

એક રોટલી વેહેચી લેવા બાબે બે બીલાડીઓને ટટા થયો, તેના ચુકાદા સારૂ એક વાંદરાને ઠેરવેઓ, તે વાંદરે એક તરાજવામાં તે રોટલી બે કકડા કરી તોલી જેતા જે વધારે થાય તે ભાજી પોતે ખાઇ જાય, એ રીતે આખી રોટલી ખાઇ ગયો.

ēka rōṭalī vēhēcī lēvā bābē bē bīlāḍīōnē ṭaṭā thayō, tēnā cukādā sārū ēka vāṁdarānē ṭhēravēō, tē vāṁdarē ēka tarājavāmāṁ tē rōṭalī bē kakaḍā karī tōlī jētā jē vadhārē thāya tē bhājī pōtē khāi jāya, ē rītē ākhī rōṭalī khāi gayō.

Literally
Two cats fought over sharing a roti, a monkey was appointed for the verdict, that monkey divided the roti into two pieces on a scale and whatever was more, he ate it himself, in that way he ate the whole roti.
What it means
It describes a situation where two parties fight and a third party takes advantage of them both.
કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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