ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GURD&#256S BH&#256&#298 1</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="GURDS,BH*"> <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">&#65279GURD&#256S, BH&#256&#298, more precisely Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s II, which description distinguishes him from his predecessor, Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s who calligraphed Sikh Scripture, the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib, under the supervision of Gur&#363 Arjan (1563-1606), was an eighteenth century poet famous for the <i>v&#257r</i>, i.e. poem in folk form, in Hindized Punjabi, entitled <i>V&#257r Sr&#299 Bh&#257gaut&#299 J&#299 K&#299 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Dasv&#299&#7749 K&#299</i>. The title of the poem was given as <i>V&#257r Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s J&#299 K&#299</i> in a manuscript (No. 1361) in the Sikh Reference Library, Amritsar. This poem is usually appended to the collection, <i>V&#257r&#257&#7749 Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s</i>, which is the work of his predecessor. Another composition entitled <i>R&#257g R&#257mkal&#299 K&#299 V&#257r</i> is also attributed to Gurd&#257s II, but its subject matter, diction and style bear the closest affinity to the work of the senior Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s to be categorically detached from it. This would confirm the assumption that the contribution of Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s II amounts to the solitary composition which is generally anthologized as <i>v&#257r</i> 41 in <i>V&#257r&#257&#7749 Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s</i>. No biographical details are available about the poet.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>V&#257r Sr&#299 Bhagaut&#299 J&#299 K&#299</i> is a composition comprising 28 <i>pau&#7771&#299s</i> or stanzas, 20 of the stanzas ending with the same line proclaiming the uniqueness of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. A point especially seized by the poet is about Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh having converted the <i>sa&#7749gat</i>, fellowship of the Sikhs, into <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257. The entire poem is a panegyric to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh is the upholder of goodness and vanquisher of evil. He is a valiant hero and his sword, symbolizing K&#257lik&#257, the power of the Almighty Lord, is the guarantee against evil. Stanza 22 refers to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's predecessors Gur&#363 Har R&#257i, the Seventh Gur&#363, and Gur&#363 Har Krishan, the Eighth Gur&#363. Stanza 23 alludes to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur and his martyrdom. Concluding stanzas celebrate the glory of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Rattan Si&#7749gh Jagg&#299<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>