Word Meaning
भड़की
bhaṛkī
Meaning
Flared up, blazed, burst into flames, or ignited violently.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'bhaṛkī' indicates the sudden blazing or intensifying of a smoldering fire. In Mir's couplet, it represents the inner, hidden fire of grief and love transitioning from a quiet smolder to an all-consuming flame. If this passion fully flares up, it threatens to reduce the poet's skeletal remains to mere fuel.
Etymology
From Prakrit/Old Hindi onomatopoeic or descriptive roots related to sudden bursting or flaring (bhaṛak-).
Usage
Commonly contrasted with 'sulagna' (to smolder quietly) to dramatize the sudden destructive outbreak of latent passion or despair in a ghazal.
Examples
A spark smoldered silently, then flared into a blaze.
The fire of grief flared in the depths of the heart.