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Pet mein bal padna

पेट में बल पड़ना
Meaning

To laugh until one's sides ache.

Literally: knots forming in the belly (from laughing)

See it in the verse

Pet mein bal padna in Iqbal’s couplets

Jawanon ko meri aah-e-sahar de
Phir in shaheen bachchon ko bal-o-par de
Give the young my dawn-time sigh of longing — and give these falcon-children their wings and their feathers once more.
Youth · The Falcon · Aspiration
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