ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GUR K&#298RAT PRAK&#256SH</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>GUR K&#298RAT PRAK&#256SH</i>, by V&#299r Si&#7749gh Bal, is a versified account of the lives of the first nine of the ten Gur&#363s or spiritual teachers of the Sikh <i>panth</i>. Written in Braj, Gurmukh&#299 characters, the work was completed in 1891 Bk/ AD 1834. The manuscript, two copies of which are available one each in the Punjab State Archives at Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 (No. 682) and the Punjabi University at Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, has since been published (Punjabi University, 1986) . The work is divided into ten chapters, here called <i>hul&#257s</i>, each dealing with the life of one of the nine Gur&#363s. The opening chapter on Gur&#363 N&#257nak comprises 414 <i>chhands</i> or stanzas, followed by one on Gur&#363 A&#7749gad (135 stanzas). The chapter on Gur&#363 Hargobind is the longest, 593 stanzas. The ninth chapter on Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur (71 stanzas) and the tenth (45 stanzas), which deals with the life and work of the author, are the briefest. The book excludes the life of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh which forms part of the author's larger work <i>Si&#7749gh S&#257gar</i>. The colophon at the end says that the author belonged to the village of Sa&#7789hi&#257l&#257 in Amritsar district and spent a good part of his life at the court of the Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 ruler. It was here during the reign of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Karam Si&#7749gh (1798-1845) that he completed this work.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>