હોધ્યા ઉપર હોય ત્યાં લગન હોકમ.

hōdhyā upara hōya tyāṁ lagana hōkama.

Literally: As long as there is authority, there is command.
What it means: Power is only effective as long as one holds the position of authority.

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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