Word Meaning
सौंपा
sauṅpā
Meaning
Entrusted, handed over, or surrendered into someone's care.
Detailed Meaning
The term signifies entrusting, surrendering, or placing something or someone into another's care or custody. In Ghalib's couplet, it underscores an extreme degree of poetic jealousy and possessiveness, where the lover refuses to hand over the beloved even to the protection of God. It forms a passive construction ('सौंपा जाए') depicting the lover's utter inability to relinquish charge.
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit समर्पयति (samarpayati, 'to hand over, entrust') through Prakrit into Hindustani सौंपना (sauṅpnā).
Usage
Commonly employed in the ghazal tradition to evoke the helpless surrender of one's heart, fate, or soul to the beloved or God.
Examples
dil kisī aur ko sauṅp diyā (entrusted the heart to someone else)
ḳhud ko us kī panāh meñ sauṅpā (surrendered oneself into their refuge)