બેઠક Bethak

એવા મળ્યાં સગલાં, કે જેમ મચ્છને સાગવે બગલાં.

ēvā maḷyāṁ sagalāṁ, kē jēma macchanē sāgavē bagalāṁ.

Literally
Such companions met, as herons that eat fish together in the sea.
What it means
Said of self-interested companions who come together only for shared profit or greed.
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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