બેઠક Bethak

વાણી તા પાણી ભરે, ચારે વેદ મજુ૨;

vāṇī tā pāṇī bharē, cārē vēda maju2;

Literally
Speech only fetches water, and the four Vedas are mere laborers;
What it means
Mere verbal recitation and scriptural knowledge are of little value compared to actual spiritual realization.

Also said as

  • કહેણી તા કાદવ કરે, સાહેબકા ઘર દૂર.
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

Heard it differently, or know we've got the sense wrong? Tell us — that is exactly the kind of correction this needs.

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