બેઠક Bethak

શળિગરામ પાસે મરી વટાવવાં.

śaḷigarāma pāsē marī vaṭāvavāṁ.

Literally
To grind black pepper near a Shaligram.
What it means
Said of doing something disrespectful or inappropriate in a sacred place.

Also said as

  • શિકલ ચુડેલકી, મિન્નજ પરીઓંકા.
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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