બેઠક Bethak

ચિંતામણી નર દેહ, મુઆ પછી મસાણમાં;

ciṁtāmaṇī nara dēha, muā pachī masāṇamāṁ;

Literally
The precious human body becomes ash in the crematorium after death.
What it means
Physical life and human beauty are temporary and end in dust.

Also said as

  • તેની થાશે ખેહ, કોઈ વિભૂતિ પણ ભુંસે નહીં.
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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