બેઠક Bethak

હણતાને હણીએ તેનું પાપ દોષ ન ગણીએ.

haṇatānē haṇīē tēnuṁ pāpa dōṣa na gaṇīē.

Literally
Slaying one who slays is not counted as a sin or fault.
What it means
Retaliating against an aggressor or villain in self-defense carries no moral guilt.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Tit for tat.Like for like.Deceiving a deceiver is no knavery.He who pardons the bad injures the good.

Also said as

  • શઠ પ્રતિ શાઠ્યં કુર્યાત્.
  • બાપનું પણ વેર તો લઈએ ત્યારે કરજ છૂટે.
  • વીંછીના મ્હોંતે ખાસડું.
  • વીંછીનું મોત ખાસડે.
  • લાત સાટે લાત, તેમાં કોણ ગણે ધાત.
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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