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<p class="C1">&#65279GAÑJ N&#256MAH (Treasure Book), by Bh&#257&#299 Nand L&#257l Goy&#257, is a panegyric in Persian, partly verse and partly prose, in honour of the Ten Gur&#363s. Bh&#257&#299 Nand L&#257l was a revered Sikh of the time of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh and a distinguished poet. The <i>Gañj N&#257mah</i> renders homage to the Gur&#363s whom the poet recalls in terms of deep personal devotion and veneration. The opening eleven couplets are an invocation to the Gur&#363 who raises men to the level of gods (3), to whom all gods and goddesses are slaves (4), and without whom there is only darkness in the world (5) . This is followed by ten sections, each devoted to one of the ten Gur&#363s of the Sikhs. Each section has two sub-sections --- a paragraph or two in prose followed by a series of couplets. The number of couplets in different sections varies from four on Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s to fifty-six on Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. Each section has at its head the formula, <i>v&#257higur&#363 j&#299o sat/v&#257higur&#363 j&#299 h&#257zar n&#257zar hai</i> (God is true and He is omnipresent). The book contains no biographical details and celebrates only the spiritual eminence of the Gur&#363s. The poet calls Gur&#363 N&#257nak the supreme dervish whom all gods and goddesses praise. Gur&#363 N&#257nak was sent by God Himself into this world so as to show mankind the way to Him. All his successors were one with him in spirit embodying the same message. The book concludes with the poet's humble supplication to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh that his life may be dedicated to the Gur&#363 that he may forever remain attached to his feet.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Ga&#7751&#7693&#257 Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Bh&#257&#299 N&#257nd L&#257l Granth&#257vl&#299.</i> Malacca, 1968<BR>
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