The knowledge of the heart's gold-plated stain is scarce; discerning it requires a gaze.

This profound couplet speaks to the invisible nature of emotional wounds. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that the true worth or depth of a wound on the heart (दाग-ए-दिल) is almost impossible to gauge simply by looking at it. To truly understand the pain—the 'shanaasa'—you need a deeply empathetic perspective, a vision that sees beyond the surface.