ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JA&#7748GN&#256M&#256 SR&#298 GUR&#362 GOBIND SI&#7748GH J&#298 K&#256</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>JA&#7748GN&#256M&#256 SR&#298 GUR&#362 GOBIND SI&#7748GH J&#298 K&#256</i>, a <i>v&#257r</i> or stanzas by A&#7751&#299 R&#257i describing Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's battle with a Mu<u>gh</u>al force at Anandpur. A&#7751&#299 R&#257i was one of the fifty-two poets who enjoyed the Gur&#363's patronage. The welcome he received on his arrival in Anandpur and the conferment through a <i>hukamn&#257m&#257</i> of costly presents including gold and jewels upon him find mention in the opening stanzas of <i>Ja&#7749gn&#257m&#257</i>. The conjecture is that he came to Anandpur after AD 1699, the year of the promulgation of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257, for he makes no mention of the battles of Bha&#7749g&#257&#7751&#299 and Nadau&#7751 which took place prior to that event and he throughout refers to the Gur&#363 as Gobind Si&#7749gh, which name he took only after receiving initiation at the hands of the Pañj Pi&#257re. Written in an admixture of Braj and Punjabi, the poem comprises 69 cantos. A manuscript copy is preserved in the private collection of the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257. The text is now available in an anthology entitled <i>Pr&#257ch&#299n V&#257r&#257&#7749 te Ja&#7749gn&#257me</i>, published by the Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee in 1950. The theme of the <i>Ja&#7749gn&#257m&#257</i> is the battle fought outside the fortress of Anandga&#7771h. 'Az&#299m <u>Kh</u>&#257n had under the orders of Emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b marched to Anandpur with a strong force and, supported by seven of the surrounding hill chiefs, reached the outskirts of the town. In eloquent poetic image, A&#7751&#299 R&#257i evokes the battle scenes and describes with special relish the feats of valour displayed by Sikhs such as Bh&#257&#299 Himmat Si&#7749gh and Bh&#257&#299 Dalel Si&#7749gh who, tearing their way through the host, attacked 'Az&#299m <u>Kh</u>&#257n's own elephant hitting its <i>howdah</i> or saddle with their swords, and Bachittar Si&#7749gh and Mohkam Si&#7749gh confronting and killing a drunken elephant covered with deadly weapons let loose by the Mu<u>gh</u>al army, and of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh who overpowered 'Az&#299m <u>Kh</u>&#257n in a duel. The last eight cantos of the <i>Ja&#7749gn&#257m&#257</i> are devoted to summing up the events narrated in the preceding parts of the poem. Towards the close, the poet being a devout Sikh begs for the blessing of the Gur&#363 whom he calls the saviour of the world appointed by God Himself to chastise the tyrants.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Ashok, Shamsher Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Pr&#257ch&#299n V&#257r&#257&#7749 te Ja&#7749gn&#257me</i>. Amritsar, 1950<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">J&#299t Si&#7749gh S&#299tal<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>