Word Meaning
चढ़े
chaṛhe
Meaning
Mounted, ascended, or overwhelmed (especially of passion mounting the head).
Detailed Meaning
In this couplet, the verb appears in the idiom 'sar chaṛhnā' (to mount or seize the head), signifying an overpowering obsession or calamity taking over one's senses. It refers to the destructive intensity of passionate love that drives lovers like Farhad to sheer madness. The speaker ironically notes that only those prepared for total ruin would willingly embrace love when it climbs to such unbearable heights.
Etymology
Derived from Middle Indo-Aryan/Prakrit *caḍḍhaï, related to Sanskrit root caṭ- or caḍ- (to mount, ascend, rise).
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, idiomatic uses like 'sar chaṛhnā' frequently denote overweening madness, unmanageable grief, or fatal obsession dominating the lover.
Examples
When the frenzy of love mounts the head, all reason departs.
A wave of sorrow mounted his weary heart.