જેના હાથમાં ડોઈ તેનું સૌ કાઈ.

jēnā hāthamāṁ ḍōī tēnuṁ sau kāī.

Literally: Whoever holds the ladle, everyone belongs to them.
What it means: People flock around and flatter whoever controls the distribution of resources.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · 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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