બેઠક Bethak

સબ જાતમેં ખુરી જાત, બનીઆ બડા કસાઈ;

saba jātamēṁ khurī jāta, banīā baḍā kasāī;

Literally
Of all castes, the worst caste is the Bania, who is a great butcher.
What it means
Said to criticize merchants or moneylenders for being ruthlessly greedy.

Also said as

  • છોટે છકુ બચાનેકુ, મારે સગા ભાઈ.
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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