બેઠક Bethak

હસ્તી દંત, નારી વચન, પ્રીત કપટીની નેહ;

hastī daṁta, nārī vacana, prīta kapaṭīnī nēha;

Literally
An elephant's tusk, a woman's word, and the love of a deceitful person.
What it means
These things are deceptive and inconsistent, showing one face to the world while being entirely different in reality.

Also said as

  • અંતરનાં ને બહારનાં, જુદાં જુદાં તેહ.
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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