બેઠક Bethak

કરમાં પકડી માળ, બેળા જનને ભમાવતા;

karamāṁ pakaḍī māḷa, bēḷā jananē bhamāvatā;

Literally
Holding a rosary in the hand, misleading simple people;
What it means
Hypocrites use religious symbols and outward piety to deceive innocent people.

Also said as

  • એ માળ નહીં પણ જાળ, સાચું સોરઠીઓ ભણે.
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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