ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PARCH&#298&#256&#7748 P&#256TSH&#256&#298 10</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>PARCH&#298&#256&#7748 P&#256TSH&#256&#298</i> 10 is an anonymous and so far unpublished work, comprising 50 <i>parch&#299s</i> or stories from the life of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh (MS. held at the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 College, Amritsar, under MS. No. 2300E). Of the 45 folios, 14 describe in brief the lives of the first nine Gur&#363s; the rest are devoted to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. Special mention is made of the <i>Zafarn&#257mah</i> at which point the Gur&#363's major battles against the hill chiefs and the Mu<u>gh</u>al government are alluded to. The abolition of the institution of <i>masands</i> is ascribed to the corruption that had overtaken it. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's friendship with Bahadur Sh&#257h, son of Emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b, is justified on the ground that he (Bah&#257dur Sh&#257h) was a great lover of saints and had served them with devotion in his previous life. The circumstances of the death of the Gur&#363 are described in some detail. His orders for Sikhs to venerate the &#256di Granth as Gur&#363 after him and to read <i>b&#257&#7751&#299</i> daily are said to have been explained to a Sikh named Prahlad Si&#7749gh. A great part of <i>Rahitn&#257m&#257 Prahl&#257d Si&#7749gh</i> is reproduced in the text in 31 stanzas in a mixed form of poetry and prose.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Sarmukh Si&#7749gh Amole<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>