ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>G&#362JAR&#298 K&#298 V&#256R</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 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">&#65279<i>G&#362JAR&#298 K&#298 V&#256R</i>, a composition in the form of folk balladry or a <i>v&#257r</i>, by Gur&#363 Arjan included in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib under G&#363jar&#299 <i>r&#257ga</i>, one of the thirty-one musical measures into which hymns in the Scripture are cast. The poem comprises twenty-one <i>pau&#7771&#299s</i> or stanzas, with two <i>&#347lokas</i> preceding each. The <i>pau&#7771&#299s</i> as well as the <i>&#347lokas</i> are of the composition of Gur&#363 Arjan. Whereas all the <i>pau&#7771&#299s</i>, except the 20th which comprises five lines, are of eight lines each, the <i>&#347lokas</i> except those preceding <i>pau&#7771&#299</i> 1 and 20 and the first of the two <i>&#347lokas</i> added to <i>pau&#7771&#299</i> 2, are of two lines each. Unlike most of the other <i>V&#257rs</i> in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib which were composed in <i>pau&#7771&#299s</i> alone and to which <i>&#347lokas</i> by different Gur&#363s were added by Gur&#363 Arjan at the time of compilation of the Scripture, this <i>V&#257r</i> seems to have been composed originally in its present order.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The <i>V&#257r</i> lauds the God Almighty who is the Creator of all that exists. This universe is not only His creation, but also true like its Creator (1). All beings, all gods and goddesses and all scriptures sing His praises (2). Man must not forget even for a moment the Supreme Lord (4). A person whom He makes the object of His grace lives under the guidance of the true Gur&#363, thereby annulling his duality. All his doubts and sorrows cease and he so attunes himself to His will that he attains liberation while still living in this world. He overcomes his ego and remembers Him in the company of the holy under the guidance of the Gur&#363. But this becomes possible for man only through His grace (6). Man must seek the protection of the True Lord whose Will is supreme in the world. Men are prey to the Five Evils which not even ascetics and yog&#299s are able to repel. It is only the True Lord who helps one overcome these (15). Those who remember Him will be saved. The ego-ridden suffer on the wheel of transmigration (20). He who meditates on His Name attunes himself to His Will and attains liberation (21).</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Kohli, Surindar Singh, <i>A Critical Study of Adi Granth</i>. Delhi, 1951<BR> <li class="C1"> Bishan Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>B&#257&#299 V&#257r&#257&#7749 Sa&#7789&#299k</i>. Amritsar, n.d.<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Rattan Si&#7749gh Jagg&#299<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>