બેઠક Bethak

ભૂપ દુઃખી અબધૂત દુઃખી, દુઃખી રંક બિપ્રીત;

bhūpa duḥkhī abadhūta duḥkhī, duḥkhī raṁka biprīta;

Literally
Kings are miserable, ascetics are miserable, and the poor are miserable in their adversity;
What it means
Everyone in the world suffers regardless of their status, and only the saint who has conquered his mind finds true happiness.

Also said as

  • કહે કબીર એહ સબ દુઃખી, મુખી સંત મન જીત.
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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