બેઠક Bethak

કનક ને કામની, તજ્યાં તજતાં નથી.

kanaka nē kāmanī, tajyāṁ tajatāṁ nathī.

Literally
Gold and women, they do not leave even when you try to leave them.
What it means
Wealth and worldly attachments are difficult to renounce.

Also said as

  • કન્યનસૈ કીરત બડી, કીરતસૈ કલ્યાણ; કલ્યાણસૈ ઈજત બડી, ઈજતસૈ બડા દાન.
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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