બેઠક Bethak

નાગર, નાચણ ને પાવડી, સીંગી ને સુનાર;

nāgara, nācaṇa nē pāvaḍī, sīṁgī nē sunāra;

Literally
A Nagar Brahmin, a dancer, a wooden sandal, a horn-player, and a goldsmith; these five never become one's own, and the sixth is the resident of Kheda.
What it means
Certain classes of people and objects are inherently unreliable and can never be trusted to be truly loyal.

Also said as

  • એ પાંચે ન થાય આપણાં, છઠ્ઠા ખેડાવાળ.
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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