तरस

Meaning

To yearn, pine, or long intensely due to deprivation.

Detailed Meaning

In this couplet, the word functions as a verbal root expressing extreme yearning and destitution ('taras gaye hain'). It highlights the irony of those who once guided stars now desperately pining for a mortal guide. It encapsulates painful longing born of a tragic fall from greatness.

Etymology

Sanskrit तृषा (tṛṣā, meaning thirst, craving or longing), developed in Prakrit and Hindi/Urdu into the verb तरसना (tarasnā).

Usage

In ghazal poetry, it commonly conveys the agony of deprivation, especially the lover's unfulfilled longing for a sight of the beloved.

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