सद-काम

Meaning

Having a hundred mouths or jaws; a hundred gaping throats.

Detailed Meaning

A Persian compound formed from 'sad' (hundred) and 'kām' (palate, mouth, or jaws). In this verse, it qualifies the ravenous maw of the sea-monster or crocodile (nahang) lurking in every ocean wave. It symbolizes the innumerable mortal perils and predatory traps an ordinary raindrop must navigate before it can fulfill its destiny of becoming a pearl.

Etymology

Persian: compound of 'sad' (hundred) + 'kām' (palate, mouth, jaws).

Usage

Used in classical ghazal poetry to amplify dread by depicting monsters, waves, or adversities with hundreds of gaping, devouring jaws.

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