selfishness, self-seeking

a good-natured and funny character of royal court of Great Akbar whose name was AbulHassan

secret of Mulla's wine-drinking (Mulla refers here to the poet himself)

none can go beyond his limits

boasting by an incapable or weak person

high and low

out of the frying pan into the fire

Hamlet

weanling

decoy-bird, learned person, mullah, person learned in Islamic theology and jurisprudence, one knowing only religious lore or with poor knowledge of this lore, teacher in a mosque, priest

a little knowledge is a dangerous thing

hedge-priest, unqualified religious teacher

imperfectly educated person, quack, priest with a smattering of knowledge, incomplete scholar

the bad deeds of influential and great people are also considered good

chota, small, little

left, released, liberated