બેઠક Bethak

અલિ, પતંગ, મૃગ, મીન, ગજ, એક એક રસ આંચ;

ali, pataṁga, mr̥ga, mīna, gaja, ēka ēka rasa āṁca;

Literally
The bee, the moth, the deer, the fish, the elephant—each is destroyed by a single sensory desire;
What it means
Warns of the extreme danger of sensory indulgence, noting that if animals are ruined by just one desire, humans with all five are in grave peril.

Also said as

  • તુલસી તીનકી કાન ગનિ, જાકું વ્યાપત પાંચ.
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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