दबाएँ

Meaning

To press, massage, or tend to (feet) out of service or respect.

Detailed Meaning

In this context, the verb is used as part of the idiom 'paanv dabaana', signifying massaging or tending to weary feet as an act of hospitality and service. In the couplet, it represents a bold subversion of religious intolerance, offering gentle reverence to a Hindu traveller even within Islam's holiest sanctuary. The grammatical form is the plural subjunctive, expressing a proposed gesture of compassionate service.

Etymology

Derived from Middle Indo-Aryan/Sanskrit roots related to 'dabb-' or pressing down, inherited into Hindi and Urdu.

Usage

In classical ghazal, tending to the feet often symbolizes humble submission to the beloved or radical, humanist transgression of rigid religious orthodoxy.

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