Sanskrit · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Taara

तारा

said TAA-raa

also written: tara

Meaning

A star.

How Iqbal uses it

The familiar word for star, taara carries the night-sky imagery of distant lights and the fate of the heavens that the awakened self aspires to rise above.

See it in the verse

Taara in Iqbal’s couplets

Uruj-e-adam-e-khaki se anjum sahme jaate hain
Ki ye toota hua tara mah-e-kamil na ban jaaye

The stars take fright at the rise of the human being of dust — afraid that this broken star may yet become a full moon.

Aspiration · Hope · Selfhood

Related words

ARABIC

Najm

A star.

ARABIC

Kaukab

A star, especially a bright planet or luminary.

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