Word Meaning
बेसितूँ
Besitun
Meaning
Mount Behistun, legendary mountain carved by Farhad for Shirin.
Detailed Meaning
Besitun (Behistun) is a historic mountain in western Iran famously featured in the Persian and Urdu romance of Shirin and Farhad. In the legend, Farhad is commanded to cut a channel through its solid rock with an adze to prove his love for Shirin. In Ghalib's verse, it is depicted not simply as a product of Farhad's labor, but as the heavy, oppressive dream of King Khusrau Parvez.
Etymology
Persian (Bisotun/Behistun, derived from Old Persian *Bagastāna, meaning 'place of the gods').
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, Besitun serves as an archetype of an insurmountable physical challenge surrendered only to supreme devotion and suffering.
Examples
The pickaxe echoing against Mount Besitun
Carving a stream through the heart of Besitun