બેઠક Bethak

લેનેકું હરનામ હૈ, દેનેકું અન્નદાન; તીરનેકું આધીનતા, ખુડનકું અભિમાન.

lēnēkuṁ haranāma hai, dēnēkuṁ annadāna; tīranēkuṁ ādhīnatā, khuḍanakuṁ abhimāna.

Literally
To take, there is the name of God; to give, there is the donation of food; to cross over, there is humility; to drown, there is pride.
What it means
Humility leads to salvation and success, while pride leads to downfall and ruin.

Also said as

  • ફાટી કરમ લાગે રહે, એક ક્રોધકી લાર;
  • ફીયા કરાયા સબ ગયા, આયા જબ અહંકાર.
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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