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Chikne ghade par pani

चिकने घड़े पर पानी
Meaning

Advice wasted on someone impervious to it; water off a duck's back.

Literally: water on a smooth pot

See it in the verse

Chikne ghade par pani in Iqbal’s couplets

Pani pani kar gai mujh ko qalandar ki ye baat
Tu jhuka jab ghair ke aage na man tera na tan
The wandering sage's words washed over me with shame: the moment you bow before another, neither your mind nor your body is your own.
Selfhood · Courage · Freedom
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