- Literally
- The gods went to the mountains, and the saints went to Mecca; in the rule of the English, the Dhed pushes you.
- What it means
- Under British rule, traditional social hierarchies were disrupted, allowing lower classes to assert themselves over upper classes.
Also said as
- દેવ ગયા, તો કહે, પૂજા ટળી.
- દેવને ચપટી ચોખા તો જોઈએ.
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