ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>K&#256N&#7770E 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>K&#256N&#7770E K&#298 V&#256R</i> by Gur&#363 R&#257m D&#257s, is one of the twenty-two compositions entered in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib under the rubric of <i>v&#257r</i>. Like other <i>v&#257rs</i> it is assigned to a specific musical measure ---K&#257n&#7771&#257, in this instance. At the head of the <i>V&#257r</i> is recorded by Gur&#363 Arjan, who prepared the first recension of the Holy Book, the direction as to the tune to which it should appropriately be sung, i.e. the tune of the folk ballad celebrating a popular hero, M&#363s&#257, who attacked the chief to whom his fiancee had been married, capturing both the bridegroom and the bride, and then gallantly setting them free. The <i>V&#257r</i>, in simple Punjabi with an occasional touch of S&#257dh Bh&#257kh&#257, consists of fifteen <i>pau&#7771&#299s</i>, or stanzas, and thirty <i>&#347lokas</i>, all of them of Gur&#363 R&#257m D&#257s's composition. Each <i>pau&#7771i</i> comprises five lines, preceded by two <i>&#347lokas</i> of unequal length.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The central theme is the praise of God, the Supreme Being, the Infinite. He is the Creator of all that exists. His light is the light in all souls. He Himself is the seeker and the sought, the lover and the beloved. He is the repository of the highest moral virtues, the treasure of all merits. He is the bestower of grace and bounties, and ferries man across the worldly ocean. What He wills comes to pass. He can be realized through constant remembrance of Him. Man is adjured to practise <i>simran (smar&#7751a)</i>. Thus will his ignorance (<i>avidy&#257</i>) be dispelled and his <i>haumai</i> (egoity) erased. Following the instruction of the Gur&#363 and meeting with the holy in <i>sa&#7749gat</i> one is put on the spiritual path. One thereby cultivates <i>&#347abda</i> and becomes receptive to <i>n&#257m</i>. The snare of <i>may&#257</i> or temptation is then rent asunder. It is with God's grace that the seeker meets such a Gur&#363 and learns to abide by his will.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>&#346abad&#257rth Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib</i>. Amritsar, 1964<BR> <li class="C1"> S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib Darpan</i>. Jalandhar, n.d.<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Krishan L&#257l Sharm&#257<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>