दाम-ए-हस्ती की भी तरकीब अजब रक्खी है
जो फँसे उस में वो फिर जान बचा ही न सके
— Akbar Allahabadi
Meaning
The trap of worldly existence is designed in such a strange manner that whoever gets caught in it can never escape with their life.
Explanation
The poet paints existence as 'dām-e-hastī'—a peculiar and inescapable snare crafted with bewildering design. The moment we are born into this world, we become deeply entangled in its web of attachments, desires, and worldly struggles. The poignant paradox here is that no one escapes this trap alive; to enter the snare of living is ultimately to surrender one's life to it.
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