પાખંડે લોકમાં પૂજાય, સાધુ જન તે ગોદા ખાય.

pākhaṁḍē lōkamāṁ pūjāya, sādhu jana tē gōdā khāya.

Literally: Hypocrites are worshipped by the people, while righteous men get jabbed.
What it means: Foolish society revere frauds while mistreating genuinely saintly people.

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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