There was a plan for the sake of the people, but we had known the benefit of the medicine for a long time.

This profound couplet speaks to the painful reality of emotional manipulation. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that others had strategies (tadbīr) not for genuine healing or help, but to keep the speaker dependent. If they hadn't orchestrated these circumstances, the speaker would have realized the truth or the 'benefit of the medicine' (the truth) long ago. It's a poignant reflection on how external forces control our perception of reality.