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

devout

one who reads the Qur'an for forty days for a dead person

teaching

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

none can go beyond his limits

the feminine of 'mulla', a wife of mullah

hedge-priest, Metaphorically: bigot

(that which is) according to mullah's view, based on promiscuity or bigotry,

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

hedge-priest, unqualified religious teacher

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

selfishness, self-seeking

a little knowledge is a dangerous thing

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

a little knowledge is a dangerous thing

a little knowledge is a dangerous thing