બેઠક Bethak

ખાય ખીલાય લુટાય દે, કર લે અપના કામ;

khāya khīlāya luṭāya dē, kara lē apanā kāma;

Literally
Eat, feed others, give away, and do your work;
What it means
One should enjoy life, practice charity, and do good deeds, because nothing of worldly wealth can be taken after death.

Also said as

  • ચલતી વખત રે નરે, સંગ ચલે ન એક બદામ.
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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