અંધેર નગરીમાં ટકે શેર ભાજી ને ટકે શેર ખાજા, આઠ પતેલ ને નવ ચોધરી, કાપ કોઇનું માંને નહી.

aṁdhēra nagarīmāṁ ṭakē śēra bhājī nē ṭakē śēra khājā, āṭha patēla nē nava cōdharī, kāpa kōinuṁ māṁnē nahī.

Literally: In a lawless city, vegetables are a 'taka' a share and sweets are a 'taka' a share, eight Patels and nine leaders, no one listens to anyone.
What it means: In a place with no order or too many conflicting authorities, chaos prevails.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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