બેઠક Bethak

ન આવડે ભીખ તો વૈદું કરતાં શિખ.

na āvaḍē bhīkha tō vaiduṁ karatāṁ śikha.

Literally
If you do not know how to beg, learn to practice medicine.
What it means
Said in mockery of unqualified quack doctors who adopt the profession merely as an easy living when all else fails.

Also said as

  • નકટીનું નાક કાપે તેવી છરી છે.
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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