બેઠક Bethak

હરિ કરુણા બીન જગમેં, પુરી પડે ન આશ;

hari karuṇā bīna jagamēṁ, purī paḍē na āśa;

Literally
Without the mercy of Hari in this world, no hope is fulfilled;
What it means
Human desires and efforts can never succeed without divine grace.

Also said as

  • મૃગ સરિતા પય પાન કરી, ગઇ કાનકી પ્યાસ.
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

Heard it differently, or know we've got the sense wrong? Tell us — that is exactly the kind of correction this needs.

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