બેઠક Bethak

ભક્તાણીની ભાળ, ભગતને ભૂલી ગયા;

bhaktāṇīnī bhāḷa, bhagatanē bhūlī gayā;

Literally
Looking after the female devotee, they forgot the male devotee;
What it means
Said of hypocritical religious people who are distracted by worldly or sensual desires instead of true devotion.

Also said as

  • એ ભક્તોમાં નહીં માલ, સાચું સોરઠીઆ ભણે.
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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