છીકતાં દંડે, તે રાજમાં કેમ રહેવાય ?

chīkatāṁ daṁḍē, tē rājamāṁ kēma rahēvāya ?

Literally: They fine you for sneezing — how is one to live in such a kingdom?
What it means: Government so petty that ordinary existence is an offence.

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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