બેઠક Bethak

મુક્તા મનુષ્ય તનું પાયકે, કરત ન હરિસેં હેત;

muktā manuṣya tanuṁ pāyakē, karata na harisēṁ hēta;

Literally
Having obtained a human body, if one does not love God;
What it means
A person who wastes the rare opportunity of human birth without devotion lives a meaningless, ghost-like existence burdened by sin.

Also said as

  • પાપ ભાર શિરપર ભરે, જીવત જેસે પ્રેત.
  • પહીયાના તબ જનીએ, હરિસેં લાગે મન;
  • રાત દિવસ ના વિસરે, જ્યું કરપી કા ધન.
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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