संग-आमदा

Meaning

Caught or fallen beneath a stone; trapped, helpless, or immobilized under a heavy weight.

Detailed Meaning

In Persianized Urdu poetry, 'sang-aamada' refers to something that has come or gotten trapped beneath a stone. In Ghalib's couplet, the compound forms part of the Persian idiom 'dast-e-tah-e-sang-aamada' (a hand caught under a rock), symbolizing complete helplessness and unavoidable obligation. It illustrates how the vow of fidelity is not a willing triumph but an entrapped helplessness.

Etymology

Persian: compound of 'sang' (سنگ, stone) + 'aamada' (آمدہ, past participle of aamadan, having come/fallen).

Usage

A highly Persianized literary epithet used chiefly in the idiomatic image of a hand trapped beneath a boulder to denote absolute constraint.

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