બેઠક Bethak

સૌ ખાય સાળ દાળ, મારે ભાગ યુલી;

sau khāya sāḷa dāḷa, mārē bhāga yulī;

Literally
Everyone eats the same dal, but the portion is for Yuli.
What it means
Complaining about unfair treatment or favoritism in distribution.

Also said as

  • હું કરમનો આગળીઓ, કે તું પીરસતાં ભુલી?
  • નથી કરમનો આગળીઓ, ને નથી પીરસતાં ભુલી;
  • મ્હોં જોઇને ટીલું કર્યું, ઝાપટ બેઠા યુલી.
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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