બેઠક Bethak

ખાતાં પીતાં હરિ મળે તો, હમકું કહીએ.

khātāṁ pītāṁ hari maḷē tō, hamakuṁ kahīē.

Literally
If God could be attained while eating and drinking, tell me.
What it means
Great spiritual goals or high achievements cannot be attained through comfortable self-indulgence.

Also said as

  • ખાતાં રહ્યું તે બી ને મરતાં રહ્યું તે ધરકું.
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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