બેઠક Bethak

એક મૃગકે કારને, ભરત ધરી તીન દેહ; તુલસી ઉનકી ક્યા ગતિ, ધર ધર કરત સ્નેહ.

ēka mr̥gakē kāranē, bharata dharī tīna dēha; tulasī unakī kyā gati, dhara dhara karata snēha.

Literally
For the sake of one deer, Bharata took three bodies; O Tulsi, what will be the fate of those who love house after house?
What it means
Excessive attachment to worldly things leads to repeated rebirths and suffering.

Also said as

  • એક મૃગકે કારને, ભરત ધરી તીન દેહ;
  • તુલસી ઉનકી ક્યા ગતિ, ધર ધર કરત સ્નેહ.
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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