બેઠક Bethak

ગાંઠે દામ ન બાંધીઆ, નહીં નારીસો નેહ;

gāṁṭhē dāma na bāṁdhīā, nahīṁ nārīsō nēha;

Literally
He does not tie money to his waist, nor does he have love for women;
What it means
A true ascetic is completely free from the desires for wealth and lust.

Also said as

  • કહે કબીર વે સાધકી, હુમ ચરનકી ખેહ.
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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