બેઠક Bethak

દેહ ધરેકા એહી ફલ, દેહ દેહ કછુ દેહ;

dēha dharēkā ēhī phala, dēha dēha kachu dēha;

Literally
This is the fruit of having a body: give, give, give something.
What it means
The true purpose of human life is charity and helping others while one is still alive.

Also said as

  • દેહ ખેદ હો જાયગી, પ્રીર કાન કહેગા દેહ?
ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1923) 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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