ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BHE&#7770&#256 SR&#298 GOBIND SI&#7748GH J&#298 K&#256</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="BHEZ,SR*,GOBIND,SIDGH"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279BHE&#7770&#256 SR&#298 GOBIND SI&#7748GH J&#298 K&#256, also known as <i>V&#257r Bhe&#7771e k&#299 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Das</i>, is an anonymous account, in Punjabi verse, of the battles of Anandga&#7771h, Nirmohga&#7771h and Chamkaur (1762 Bk/AD 1705). <i>Bhe&#7771a</i> from <i>bhe&#7771</i> in Punjabi means a head on clash between two rival forces. A manuscript of this work was discovered in B&#257b&#257 B&#299r Si&#7749gh's <i>&#7693er&#257</i> at Naura&#7749g&#257b&#257d, near Amritsar, and has since been published in an anthology, entitled <i>Pr&#257ch&#299n V&#257r&#257&#7749 te Ja&#7749gn&#257me</i>, brought out by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee in 1950. The Bhe&#7771&#257 comprises twenty four cantos of unequal length written in the poetic metre Nish&#257n&#299, with each canto preceded by a <i>&#347lok&#257</i>.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The <i>Bhe&#7771&#257</i> opens in the traditional style with a hymn to the Deity. The hymn is followed by a verbal duel between Kalh and N&#257rad, the former urging the latter to incite some tumult. The poem then describes the battles which took place at Anandpur and Chamkaur. The immediate cause of the conflict is given as Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's refusal to pay the <i>n&#257'lband&#299</i> tax imposed on him by the R&#257j&#257 of Kahl&#363r within whose territory fell Anandpur. The poem provides vivid descriptions of battle scenes which, from the details given, might be from the pen of an eyewitness. In the encounter against the attacking force which had besieged the Anandga&#7771h Fort, near present-day Gurdw&#257r&#257 Kesga&#7771h S&#257hib, Sikhs such as J&#299van Si&#7749gh Ra&#7749ghre&#7789&#257, L&#257l Si&#7749gh Pesh&#257var&#299&#257, Bachittar Si&#7749gh, Ude Si&#7749gh and one called Hal&#299m <u>Kh</u>&#257n fought with valour. Among the heroes of Chamkaur mentioned by name are Bh&#257&#299 Sant Si&#7749gh and the two sons of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, Aj&#299t Si&#7749gh and Jujh&#257r Si&#7749gh. The poet erroneously includes the name of the third son Zor&#257war Si&#7749gh as well. The last canto takes the narration from the battle of Chamkaur to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's departure for the South, his meeting with the Mu<u>gh</u>al emperor and despatch of Band&#257 Si&#7749gh Bah&#257dur to the Punjab, to chastise Naw&#257b Waz&#299r <u>Kh</u>&#257n of Sirhind.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">J&#299t Si&#7749gh S&#299tal<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>