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<p class="C1">&#65279RUT&#298 (RUTT&#298), a composition by Gur&#363 Arjan in R&#257ga  R&#257mkal&#299 in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib comprising eight six-line stanzas, preceded by two <i>slokas</i>, each of two lines. <i>Rutt&#299</i> is the plural of <i>rut</i>, Skt. <i>&#7771tu</i> (season). The <i>&#347lokas</i> introduce the theme briefly while the stanzas, called <i>chants</i> here, elaborate it. Generally, the hymn portrays the intense urge in man to meet the Supreme Being. The yearning sharpens from season to season.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	According  to the Indian tradition the year is divided into six seasons, viz. <i>Vasant</i> (spring). Gr&#299&#7779ma (summer), <i>V&#257r&#7779a</i>  (rainy season), <i>&#346arad</i> or <i>Patjhar</i> (autumn), <i>&#346i&#347ir</i> (the dewy season) and <i>Hemant</i> (winter). <i>Vasant</i> (Punjabi <i>Basant</i>) is from mid-March to mid-May.<i>Gr&#299&#7779ma</i> or <i>Gr&#299kham</i> from mid-May to mid-July, and so on. The chhants in <i>Rutt&#299</i> describe a woman's (seeker's) longing for the spouse (the Lord), the pangs she bears in separation, and the blissful joy she experiences on meeting with the Lord. The union is achieved through meditation on the Name and thereby all the seasons, months and hours become delightful for the devotee.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Fortunate are they who are dyed in the steadfast colour of single-minded meditation; fortunate is their coming into the world. In the spring season all is verdant within and without; the scorched innerself has bloomed through contemplation on the Name. The ego-ridden person, however, is unaware of the joys of the delectable showers of His grace. It is association with the <i>gurmukhs</i> which leads on to the path  of devotion and to union with the Supreme Spouse. The <i>j&#299va</i> (bride), says Gur&#363 Arjan, then never suffers the torments of separation : "<i>binvanti n&#257nak prabhi &#257pi mel&#299 tah na prem bichhoh j&#299u</i>" (GG, 929). The changing seasons then do not affect her. "The saints are the true helpers of, <i>j&#299va</i> and they are capable of ferrying her across the worldly ocean. They are imbued with the love of God's Name and they are the acme of mankind ."</p>
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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"> Kohli, Surindar Singh, <i>A Critical Study of Adi Granth</i>. Delhi, 1961<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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