ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RAHIT DARPA&#7750</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>RAHIT DARPA&#7750</i>, lit. a mirror or code of conduct, is one of the thirty-seven <i>rahitn&#257m&#257s</i> written by various authors and collected by Bhagv&#257n Si&#7749gh under the title <i>Bar Bimal Bibekb&#257rdh&#299</i>, popularly known as <i>Bibekb&#257rdh&#299. Rahit Darpa&#7751</i>, written in Punjabi verse, is the work of Bhagv&#257n Si&#7749gh himself, which he completed on Ph&#257gun <i>sud&#299</i> 7,1957 Bk/February 1901. The manuscript, which was till recently available with one Natth&#257 Si&#7749gh of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, runs into 134 pages, each page being of 8 &#82161/4" x 13 &#82161/4" size. Written in blue ink, the manuscript includes the salutation <i>Sr&#299 V&#257higur&#363 j&#299 k&#299 Fateh</i> (Victory be to God) and also bears the inscription <i>satn&#257m sat gur&#363 pras&#257d</i> instead of the usual form <i>ik o&#7749k&#257r satgur pras&#257d</i>. Unlike most of the other <i>rahitn&#257m&#257s</i>, this <i>rahitn&#257m&#257</i> cannot be accepted as an authentic exposition of the Sikh tenets and the Sikh way of life. It is known for the author's obvious bias for popularizing rituals and beliefs unacceptable and, sometimes, contrary to the Sikh tenets.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">K. S. Th&#257par<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>