બેઠક Bethak

સારા જાણી નાતવ્યાં, ગધેડાની સાથે ખેતર્યાં, ને ભાણે બેસી મુત્યાં.

sārā jāṇī nātavyāṁ, gadhēḍānī sāthē khētaryāṁ, nē bhāṇē bēsī mutyāṁ.

Literally
Thinking them good, we invited them to the caste feast, but they cheated us with a donkey and urinated while sitting at the dinner plate.
What it means
Said of ungrateful, vulgar people who repay kindness and hospitality with extreme disrespect and betrayal.

Also said as

  • સારાને ખપ સર્વ ઠેકાણે હોય.
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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