ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>S&#256HIB SI&#7748GH MRIGIND BH&#256&#298 (c. 1804-1876)</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 NAME="keywords" CONTENT="SHIB,SIDGH,MRIGIND,BH*"> <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">&#65279S&#256HIB SI&#7748GH MRIGIND, BH&#256&#298 (c. 1804-1876), poet and author, served in the princely court of J&#299nd under R&#257j&#257 Sar&#363p Si&#7749gh (d. 1864) and R&#257j&#257 Raghb&#299r Si&#7749gh (1834-1887). His father, D&#299v&#257n Si&#7749gh, was a <i>granth&#299</i> in the employ of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. He was a Kamboj by caste and belonged to Jagm&#257l village in Hoshi&#257rpur district of the Punjab. His output is voluminous, but he has not left many details about his personal life. However, on the basis of scattered references in his works it can be made out that he went for higher learning to K&#257sh&#299 (V&#257r&#257&#7751as&#299) where he spent ten years studying <i>&#347&#257stras</i>, earning the popular title of Kha&#7789&#347&#257str&#299, or master of the six <i>&#347&#257str&#257s</i>. He returned to Lahore but had soon to leave under the displeasure of Mah&#257r&#257&#7751&#299 Jind Kaur, widow of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. His <i>R&#257&#7751&#299 R&#257jindramat&#299 Charitra</i> which presents a somewhat distorted portraiit of Mah&#257r&#257&#7751&#299 Jind Kaur is perhaps the result of his anger against the queen. He went to Kurukshetra where the ruler of Kaithal gave him refuge and from where R&#257j&#257 Sar&#363p Si&#7749gh brought him to Sa&#7749gr&#363r, the capital of J&#299nd state, and gave him appointment as a court poet. S&#257hib Si&#7749gh wrote, translated and edited books on a variety of subjects. The language of all of his works is Braj, written in Gurmukh&#299 script. Among the nearly nineteen works credited to him are <i>&#346abda Kumud Kal&#257nidhi</i> (1821), a translation of Varad R&#257j's <i>Laghu Siddh&#257nt Kaumud&#299</i> which deals with verbal forms; <i>R&#257s Ma&#7751&#7693al L&#299l&#257</i> (1846), a free rendering of the tenth <i>skandh</i> (chapter) of the <i>Bh&#257gvata Pur&#257&#7751a</i> covering the life of Lord K&#7771&#7779&#7751a; <i>A&#7779&#7789 Mahal</i> (1846), a poetical note on political ethics; <i>R&#257&#7751&#299 R&#257jindramat&#299 Charitra</i> (1851); <i>B&#257j&#299 Brind Bodh Granth</i> (1855) which has ethics of love for its theme; <i>Jog Jas Prak&#257&#347</i> (1858), an exposition of the yogic philosophy based on the famous <i>Ha&#7789ha Yoga Prad&#299pik&#257; Kabit Kusum B&#257&#7789ik&#257 Granth</i> (1859), an anthology of <i>Kabits</i> of poets like Sen&#257pati, Sr&#299pat, Gw&#257l, Padm&#257kar, <i>et. al.; Suman Sañj&#299van</i> (1860) which deals with the ethics of matrimonial love; <i>Sr&#299 Guru Dasam Pañch&#257sik&#257; Tarak Prak&#257&#347h Ny&#257ya</i> (1863), a gist of <i>Ny&#257ya S&#363tra; B&#257r&#257m&#257h&#257</i> (1864), a traditional poem about the love of R&#257dh&#257 for Lord K&#7771&#7779&#7751a; <i>Sr&#299 Bhagat&#299 Bh&#257v Prabh&#257kar</i> (1869), a song of devotion depicting the colourful show or <i>l&#299l&#257</i> of Lord K&#7771&#7779&#7751a, <i>Ph&#363l Ba&#7749s Prak&#257&#347</i> (1873), history of the Ph&#363lk&#299&#257&#7749 states; <i>Nij Kart&#363t&#257&#7749 Nat&#299j&#257 Granth</i> (1881) which book was begun by the author but was completed by his son and which advises man to desist from evil and do good; <i>M&#363rakh &#346atak</i>, a poem depicting folly in its 100 forms; and <i>Mrigind Gurmukh&#299 M&#257rg</i>. Besides being a poet and scholar, S&#257hib Si&#7749gh was a great lover of music and painting. Though most of the specimens of paintings he had collected or himself painted are lost, those few preserved by his descendants are of great value. These include portraits of the Gur&#363s, of Kab&#299r and Far&#299d made in the Guler and Basohli style.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bh&#257&#299 S&#257hib Si&#7749gh died at Sa&#7749gr&#363r in 1876.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Kohl&#299, Surindar Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Pañjab&#299 S&#257hitya Kosh</i>, Part I. Chandigarh, 1972<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurdev Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>