ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>CHARPA&#7788 N&#256TH</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background:#EAF1F7 url('../images/gtbh.jpg') no-repeat fixed 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="CHARPAl,NTH"> <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">&#65279CHARPA&#7788 N&#256TH, one of the <i>yog&#299s</i> whom, according to the <i>Miharb&#257n, Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>, Gur&#363 N&#257nak met on Mount Sumer, was a Gorakhpanth&#299 recluse. Gur&#363 N&#257nak himself mentions his name twice in his compositions in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib - in his <i>Sidh Gos&#7789i</i> and in another hymn in R&#257ga R&#257mkal&#299. In the <i>Sidh Gos&#7789i</i> (lit. discourse or dialogue with the Siddhas), Charpa&#7789 is stated to have put this question to him : "How is one to go across the world described as an impassable ocean?" Answers the Gur&#363 :</p> <blockquote class="C1"><p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As unaffected liveth the lotus in water,</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And the duck,</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So with the mind fixed on the Word,</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One swimmeth across the Ocean of Existence.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He who liveth detached,</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enshrining the One Lord in his mind,</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Who hopeth yet desireth not,</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Canst see as well as show</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Unfathomable and the Unperceivable,</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of such a one will N&#257nak be a slave.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (GG, 938)</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</blockquote></p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the N&#257tha tradition, Charpa&#7789, is known to have been a disciple of Gorakhn&#257th whose period falls somewhere in the 11th to 12th century. Gur&#363 N&#257nak whose period is much later must have therefore met some contemporary incumbent of Charpa&#7789's seat who also bore his name. Sixty-four <i>&#347lokas</i> attributed to Charpa&#7789 are included in the Hindi work <i>N&#257tha Siddho&#7749 k&#299 B&#257&#7751iy&#257&#7749</i>, some of them relating to the preparation of elixir to prevent disease and infirmity. Charpa&#7789 is counted among Siddhas of the <i>ras&#257ya&#7751a</i> (alchemy) tradition.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Dwived&#299, Haz&#257r&#299 Pras&#257d, <i>N&#257th Samprad&#257ya</i>. Varanasi, 1966<BR> <li class="C1"> Malik, Kaly&#257&#7751&#299, <i>Siddha Siddh&#257nta Paddhti</i>. Pune, 1954<BR> <li class="C1"> Jodh Singh, <i>The Religious Philosphy of Guru Nanak</i>. Varanasi, 1983<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>