બેઠક Bethak

શ્રીમાળી ઘેલા નહીં.

śrīmāḷī ghēlā nahīṁ.

Literally
Shrimalis are not mad.
What it means
Members of the Shrimali community are shrewd and practical, not foolish.

Also said as

  • શ્રીમાળીના વિચાર તે ખાજલીએ કાણાં.
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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