પાખંડે ખાધી પૃથ્વી, ને ધુતારે ખાધો દેશ.

pākhaṁḍē khādhī pr̥thvī, nē dhutārē khādhō dēśa.

Literally: Hypocrisy devoured the earth, and the swindler devoured the country.
What it means: Deceit and trickery dominate society, ruining the moral order of the world.

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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