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Paala padna

पाला पड़ना
Meaning

To have to deal with a difficult person or situation.

Literally: to be struck by frost

See it in the verse

Paala padna in Iqbal’s couplets

Wo fareb-khurda shahin ki pala ho kargason mein
Use kya khabar ki kya hai rah-o-rasm-e-shahbazi
That deceived falcon, raised among vultures, what would it know of the ways and customs of the royal hawk?
The Falcon · Selfhood · Awakening
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