ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SHABAD HAJ&#256RE P&#256TSH&#256H&#298 10</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background:#EAF1F7 url('../images/gtbh.jpg') no-repeat fixed 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>SHABAD HAJ&#256RE P&#256TSH&#256H&#298 10</i> is the title by which a complement of 10 of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's <i>&#347abdas</i> in the Dasam Granth is known. In the text these <i>&#347abdas</i> appear under the individual <i>r&#257gas</i> in which they have been composed, carrying no specific title as such. <i>Shabad Haj&#257re</i> is also the title of a collection of seven <i>&#347abdas</i> picked from five different <i>r&#257gas</i> in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. They appear under this title in breviaries and form part of the daily devotions of the Sikhs. Many likewise read <i>Shabad Haj&#257re P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 l0</i> as well. What is the signification of the word <i>haj&#257re</i> is however not clear. One explanation is that the devotees traditionally believed that recitation of a single <i>&#347abda</i> of these <i>b&#257&#7751&#299s</i> earned one the merit of <i>haz&#257r</i>, i.e. one thousand. Some scholars interpret the word <i>haj&#257re</i> as derived from Arabic <i>hijr</i>, meaning separation. Since yearning for communion with the Divine is the dominant mood of these hymns, they have been titled <i>Shabad Haj&#257re</i>. In the midst of <i>Shabad Haj&#257re P&#257tsh&#257&#299 l0</i> occurs Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's oft-quoted poem delineating in powerful accents his ache and his longing for the Lord : <blockquote class="C1"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Soft beds, dear Friend, beloved God, are but a torment without Thee,</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Residence in mansions like living among sepents.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wine-goblets like the cross; the rim of wineglass like the dagger.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All this, without Thee, like the keenness of a butcher&#39;s thrust </p> </blockquote> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To dwell with them in adversity is better, far better than revelry in places without Thee !</p> </p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In another <i>&#347abda</i> men are exhorted to "worship not the creation, but the Creator" (verse 5). The true ascetic is one who considers his home to be his forest for meditation, who practises continence rather than sport matted hair, and who gives himself to the performance of his religious duties than to growing his nails long. "When you seize God's feet, you will be freed from the noose of death" (verses 3,10).</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Randh&#299r Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, ed., <i>&#346abd&#257rth Dasam Granth S&#257hib</i>. Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, 1973<BR> <li class="C1"> Jagg&#299, Rattan Si&#7749gh, <i>Dasam Granth Parichaya</i>. Delhi, 1990<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">C. H. Loehlin<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>