Gulzar's Triveni has so many features that it requires a huge volume of registers ,but his following Triveni's last line has so
many layers of meaning. This is the Triveni.
کون کھائےگا ؟ کس کاحصہ ہے
دانے دانے پر نام لکھا ہے
سیٹھ سود چند ،مول چند ،جیٹھا
In plain and simple words, describing the meaning of hoarding and not letting grain and money reach people especially poor people,is his own share and has no match to others. In last line has only three Indian and classical names, by which he put a beautiful meaning in the Triveni. These names have double meanings. The meaning of Sood is clear . It means interests.But Mool means root or capital (of money) .In this way, Gulzar has made an ironical comment on capitalism and the system of interests which makes poor people suffered poor living and poor nutrition. The last word, Jetha , sounds completing the meaning of first two words. But the important thing that I want to draw your attention to is Chand. It can be presumed/considered that the word chand may have driven from chandra (sanskrit) which means moon. This does not make the difference on the meaning. But if you consider the word, chand , driven from Persian, it will make difference. Now the word has the meaning of increasing and being many times like chand baar.It creates layers of meaning and increases beauty of meaning and essence of Triveni. Now Sood chand is a person who takes not only interests but compound interests and keeps increasing. Same is Mool chand, who is not only a capitalist but that is such a greedy who always want his money increased and hoard grain from people to make a lot of profits.
کون کھائےگا ؟ کس کاحصہ ہے
دانے دانے پر نام لکھا ہے
سیٹھ سود چند ،مول چند ،جیٹھا
In plain and simple words, describing the meaning of hoarding and not letting grain and money reach people especially poor people,is his own share and has no match to others. In last line has only three Indian and classical names, by which he put a beautiful meaning in the Triveni. These names have double meanings. The meaning of Sood is clear . It means interests.But Mool means root or capital (of money) .In this way, Gulzar has made an ironical comment on capitalism and the system of interests which makes poor people suffered poor living and poor nutrition. The last word, Jetha , sounds completing the meaning of first two words. But the important thing that I want to draw your attention to is Chand. It can be presumed/considered that the word chand may have driven from chandra (sanskrit) which means moon. This does not make the difference on the meaning. But if you consider the word, chand , driven from Persian, it will make difference. Now the word has the meaning of increasing and being many times like chand baar.It creates layers of meaning and increases beauty of meaning and essence of Triveni. Now Sood chand is a person who takes not only interests but compound interests and keeps increasing. Same is Mool chand, who is not only a capitalist but that is such a greedy who always want his money increased and hoard grain from people to make a lot of profits.
