બેઠક Bethak

સુમરનકી સુધિ શું કરે, જ્યું ગાગર પનીહાર;

sumaranakī sudhi śuṁ karē, jyuṁ gāgara panīhāra;

Literally
How should one remember God? Just like the water-carrier woman with her pitcher;
What it means
One should keep their mind constantly fixed on God while performing daily chores, just as a woman balances a water pot on her head while walking and talking.

Also said as

  • હાલે ચાલે સુરતમેં, કહે કબીર બિચાર.
  • કયા કાશી કહાં કાશ્મીર, કહાં ખુરાસાન ગુજરાત;
  • તુલસી એ સબ પુરપકા, પ્રારબ્ધ લે જાત.
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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