કાં તો વાઘો વાદીએ, કાં તો રાજદાર.

kāṁ tō vāghō vādīē, kāṁ tō rājadāra.

Literally: Either Vagho the snake-charmer, or a courtier.
What it means: Said of someone who oscillates between extreme low and high social standing.

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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