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Raasta

रास्ता
also written: Rasta
Meaning

A road, path, or way.

How Iqbal uses it

Everyday word; 'raasta dekhna' means to await someone; also means a route or method.

See it in the verse

Raasta in Iqbal’s couplets

Taqlid ki rawish se to behtar hai khud-kushi
Rasta bhi dhund khizr ka sauda bhi chhod de
Better self-destruction than a life of blind imitation; find your own road, and give up the obsession with a guide.
Selfhood · Freedom · Courage
Related words
ARABIC

Sadak

A road or street.

SANSKRIT

Gali

A narrow lane or alley.

PERSIAN

Raah

A road, path or way; also the course of a journey.

PERSIAN

Rah-guzar

A thoroughfare, passage or the road one travels.

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