ગાય દોરના અપરાધમાં પટેલને દંડ.

gāya dōranā aparādhamāṁ paṭēlanē daṁḍa.

Literally: The cow strays and the headman is fined for it.
What it means: The penalty falling on whoever is responsible on paper rather than whoever did it.

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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