Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body
Bedaari
बेदारी
said be-daa-ree
also written: Be-daari
Meaning
Wakefulness and awakening, the alert vigilance of a heart roused from slumber.
Literally: wakefulness, being awake
How Iqbal uses it
Bedaari is one of Iqbal's central states, the awakening of the self and the nation from the sleep of heedlessness. He calls insistently for this wakefulness of heart and spirit, treating spiritual sleep as the great enemy.
See it in the verse
Bedaari in Iqbal’s couplets
Khudi kya hai raaz-e-darun-e-hayat
Khudi kya hai bedaari-e-kaayenat
Khudi kya hai bedaari-e-kaayenat
What is selfhood? The secret hidden inside life. What is selfhood? The waking-up of the whole universe.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge · Awakening
Banaya ishq ne dariya-e-na-paida-karan mujh ko
Ye meri khud-nigah-dari mera sahil na ban jae
Ye meri khud-nigah-dari mera sahil na ban jae
Love has made me a river with no visible shore; I fear my own self-guarding may become the bank that hems me in.
Love · Restlessness · Freedom