Word Meaning
पंद-गोयों
pand-goyon
Meaning
Advisers, counselors, or moralizers (oblique plural).
Detailed Meaning
In classical poetry, 'pand-go' refers to a counselor, preacher, or moral adviser who reprimands the impassioned lover and urges self-restraint. Here, in the oblique plural 'pand-goyon', it describes the advisers who attempted to mend or contain the lover's frantic state, symbolized by scheming to stitch his torn collar. Their rational efforts prove entirely futile against the overwhelming madness of love.
Etymology
Persian: 'pand' (پند, counsel/advice) + 'gūy' (گوی, speaker/sayer, from 'guftan'), with the Hindustani oblique plural suffix '-oñ' (وں).
Usage
In the ghazal tradition, the 'pand-go' or 'nāsih' serves as a conventional antagonist whose cold, rational advice is mockingly rejected by the passionate lover.
Examples
The harsh words of the pand-go cannot mend a ruptured heart.
Do not heed the pand-goyon, for love acknowledges no counsel.