બેઠક Bethak

ડહાડી મુછ મુંડાયકે, હુવા ઘોટમ ઘોટ;

ḍahāḍī mucha muṁḍāyakē, huvā ghōṭama ghōṭa;

Literally
Shaving off the beard and mustache, he became completely bald;
What it means
Changing one's physical appearance does not bring spiritual purity.
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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