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Persian · adjective · Being & Non-Being
Shikasta-pa
शिकस्ता-पा
Meaning
Footsore, unable to walk further; one whose feet are broken with travel.
Literally: broken-footed
See it in the verse
Shikasta-pa in Iqbal’s couplets
Tu bacha bacha ke na rakh ise tera aaina hai wo aaina
ke shikasta ho to aziz-tar hai nigah-e-aaina-saaz mein
Do not keep your mirror anxiously protected — yours is the kind of mirror that, even when shattered, is dearer in the eyes of its maker.
Courage · Selfhood · Adversity
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