Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Couplet 198-201


کس بزیر دُمِّ خَر خارے نہد

If someone puts a thorn under donkey’s tail



خَر نداند دفعِ آں بر می جہد


Donkey does not know to remove it

خَر ز بہرِ دفعِ خار از سوز و درد

In order to remove thorn feeling pain and pricking



جُفتہ می انداخت  صد جا   زخم کرد


It started kicking here and there and hot itself injured

آں لکد کے دفعِ خارِ اُو کند

How can kicking remove its thorn?



حا ذقے باید کہ بر مر کز  فَتد


It requires an expert to understand the right place and remove it

بر جہد واں خار ممحکم تر کند

Donkey jumps and thorn gets pricked more



عاقلے باید کہ خارے بر کند


An expert is needed to remove thorn


If someone puts a thorn under the tail of a donkey, then the donkey will make every effort to get rid of that thorn. As it does not know the way to remove it, it starts jumping, which further allow the thorn to enter in its body. So as to remove the thorn, a person knowing the art is needed. Donkey starts kicking here and there to remove the thorn and in the process, get itself wounded. A person known in the art of this is needed to relieve the donkey.
Similarly, the ailments of lower self (نفس), this world (دنیا) and internal (باطن) ailments, it would be difficult for a person to correct and hence a perfect master is needed to remedy these ailments.

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