ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PAU&#7770&#298&#256&#7748 GUR&#362 GOBI&#7748D SI&#7748GH K&#298&#256&#7748</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>PAU&#7770&#298&#256&#7748 GUR&#362 GOBI&#7748D SI&#7748GH K&#298&#256&#7748</i> is a poetic composition in Punjabi, in praise of Gur&#363 Gobind Singh with a brief description of the battle of Bha&#7749g&#257&#7751&#299 (1688). <i>pau&#7771&#299</i> is the name given to each stanza of a <i>v&#257r</i> (ballad), <i>pau&#7771&#299&#257&#7749</i> being the plural form. The text totally consists of eight stanzas. It is jointly composed by M&#299r Mushk&#299 and M&#299r Chhab&#299l&#257, two <i>&#7693h&#257&#7693&#299s</i> or bards in attendance on Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. Both of them are said to be descendants of M&#299r 'Abdull&#257 and M&#299r Natth&#257, famous <i>&#7693ha&#7693is</i> of Gur&#363 Hargobind's time.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The first <i>pau&#7771&#299</i> is in praise of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. The poems present the Gur&#363 as an incarnation of God. The second <i>pau&#7771&#299</i> gives details of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's preparations for the battle of Bha&#7749ga&#7751&#299, with rather fanciful elaboration. The remaining stanzas depict the scene of battle and the heroic part played by the Gur&#363 who eventually comes out victorious.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The first five stanzas, in the form of <i>pau&#7771&#299s</i>, are in old Punjabi. The last three are in literary Br&#257j Bh&#257&#7779&#257. It appears that the former <i>pau&#7771&#299s</i> by M&#299r Chhab&#299l&#257, whose name appears in the last line of the third <i>pau&#7771&#299</i>, and the Br&#257j portion may be by M&#299r Mushk&#299 whose name appears in one of the later stanzas.,</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Ashok, Shamsher Si&#7749gh, <i>Sikkh&#299 te Sikh Itihas</i>. Ludhiana, 1951<BR> <li class="C1"> Pañj&#257b&#299 V&#299r Parampar&#257. Patiala,1971<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Shamsher Si&#7749gh Ashok<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>