બેઠક Bethak

પીપા પાપ ન કીજીએ, પુણ્ય કીજે સો વાર;

pīpā pāpa na kījīē, puṇya kījē sō vāra;

Literally
O Pipa, do not commit sin, do good deeds a hundred times;
What it means
Exhorts to avoid sinful actions entirely and constantly engage in acts of charity and virtue.

Also said as

  • અધટું કાનું ન લીજીએ, કીજે દાન હજાર.
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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