બેઠક Bethak

સાખી—જીવતાં જગ છેતર્યો, મુઆં છેતર્યો માળી;

sākhī—jīvatāṁ jaga chētaryō, muāṁ chētaryō māḷī;

Literally
Poetic verse—while alive he cheated the world, in death he cheated the gardener;
What it means
Said of a deceitful person whose trickery continues even after death.

Also said as

  • સર્વ જાતનો સંસર્ગ કરજો, ટીટાં મુકજો ટાળી.
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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