બેઠક Bethak

માયા તજી તો ક્યા ભયા, માન તલ્યા નહીં જાય;

māyā tajī tō kyā bhayā, māna talyā nahīṁ jāya;

Literally
What is the use of renouncing wealth if pride cannot be abandoned;
What it means
Giving up material possessions is easy, but overcoming ego and the desire for respect is the hardest spiritual challenge.

Also said as

  • બડે બડે મહંત થકે, માન સબનકું ખાય.
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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