બેઠક Bethak

દંડ મુંડ ને ડહામ, એ રણછોડજીનાં કામ.

daṁḍa muṁḍa nē ḍahāma, ē raṇachōḍajīnāṁ kāma.

Literally
Fines, head-shaving, and branding, these are the works of Ranchhodji.
What it means
Pilgrimage or religious devotion often involves hardships, costs, and bodily mortification.
The English proverb Shah set beside it
Fines, shaving and branding are the works of Ranchhodji.

Also said as

  • ઢીલા મગ ને ખાખરા, એ રણછોડજીની જાત્રા.
  • રેકું મૂકે તો રણછોડજી રીઝે.
  • સાખી—બહુચરાજી ઘીની તલાવડી, બીમનાથ લાકુડાની પાળ;
  • રણછોડજી ઘણા છેલછબીલા, પણ ન મળે રોટલા કે દળ.
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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