વગર અનુભવી અથવા નાલાયકને કોઇ લાગવગથી મોટા ઉપરીપણાનો અધિકાર સોંપે તે કથીર ઉપર સુનાનો ધોલ ચડાવો વીશવાસઘાત કરવા જેવું ગણાય.

vagara anubhavī athavā nālāyakanē kōi lāgavagathī mōṭā uparīpaṇānō adhikāra sōṁpē tē kathīra upara sunānō dhōla caḍāvō vīśavāsaghāta karavā jēvuṁ gaṇāya.

Literally: If an inexperienced or unworthy person is given the right of high authority through influence, it is considered like putting a gold polish on base metal, which is like committing treason.
What it means: Appointing incompetent people to high positions is a betrayal of public trust.

કહેવત સમુદાય (Kahevat Samuday) · 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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