બેઠક Bethak

લોક વખાણે લાખ, મોટા તુજને મેહુલા;

lōka vakhāṇē lākha, mōṭā tujanē mēhulā;

Literally
A hundred thousand people praise you as great, O rain cloud;
What it means
Said of someone who enjoys immense public reputation but lacks genuine virtue or discretion in their actions.

Also said as

  • સજ્જનમાં નહીં શાખ, વિવેક ગુણ હીણે લહી.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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