કાજીની કૂતરી મરી જાય ત્યારે આખું ગામ બેસવા આવે પણ કાજી મરી જાય ત્યારે કાળો કાગડો ય ખરખરો કરવા ન આવે

kājīnī kūtarī marī jāya tyārē ākhuṁ gāma bēsavā āvē paṇa kājī marī jāya tyārē kāḷō kāgaḍō ya kharakharō karavā na āvē

Literally: When the qazi's bitch dies the whole village comes to sit in mourning, but when the qazi himself dies not even a black crow comes to condole.
What it means: People attend on the powerful for what they can get, and vanish once there is nothing left to gain.

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