બેઠક Bethak

દહરા—થાલ નહીં જ્યાં લોભના, શોભા સઘળી જાય;

daharā—thāla nahīṁ jyāṁ lōbhanā, śōbhā saghaḷī jāya;

Literally
Dohra—Where greedy desires are present, all grace departs;
What it means
Uncontrolled avarice strips away all dignity and leaves a person eternally unsatisfied.

Also said as

  • તૃષ્ણાથી તરસ્યા સદા, ધનથી નહીં ધરાય.
  • ખાય ન ખરચે શુદ્ધ મન, ચાર સબળ લઈ જાય;
  • પાછળથી મધમાખ જેમ, હાથ ઘસી પસ્તાય.
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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