Urdu Dictionary

Urdu · idiom · Mind & Knowledge

Sar Par Sawar Hona

सर पर सवार होना

also written: sir par sawar hona

Meaning

To be obsessively bent on something; to be ridden by an idea.

Literally: to be mounted on one's head

See it in the verse

Sar Par Sawar Hona in Iqbal’s couplets

Khudi mein doob ja ghafil, ye sirr-e-zindagani hai
Nikal kar halqa-e-shaam-o-sahar se javedan ho ja

Dive into your selfhood, O heedless one — this is the secret of life. Step out of the ring of evening and morning, and become everlasting.

Selfhood · Self-Knowledge · Awakening

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