રાજકાજ મેલાં છે, રાજને અંતે નર્ક.

rājakāja mēlāṁ chē, rājanē aṁtē narka.

Literally: Governance is dirty work, and the end of rulership is hell.
What it means: Political authority inevitably involves moral compromises that bring spiritual ruin to rulers.

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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