ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SI&#7748GH S&#256GAR</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>SI&#7748GH S&#256GAR</i>, by V&#299r Si&#7749gh Bal, is a versified account of the life of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. The author, not many details of whose career are known, was born to Bh&#257&#299 Ba<u>kh</u>t Si&#7749gh towards the end of eighteenth century. He was a poet at the court of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Karam Si&#7749gh (1797-1845) of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 and wrote several books, including <i>Kiss&#257 H&#299r R&#257ñjh&#257, B&#257r&#257 M&#257h&#257, Gur K&#299rat Prak&#257&#347, Gop&#299 Chand Vair&#257g Shatak, Sudh&#257 Sindhu R&#257m&#257ya&#7751a</i>. The <i>Si&#7749gh S&#257gar</i> was written in 1884 Bk/AD 1827 at Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257. The work, two manuscript copies of which are extant---one preserved in the Mot&#299b&#257<u>gh</u> Palace at --Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 has since-- been published (1986) by the Punjabi University. The book, a sequel to the author's <i>Gur K&#299rat Prak&#257&#347</i> that deals with the lives of the first nine of the Sikh Gur&#363s, is primarily based on <i>Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak, Sr&#299 Gur Sobh&#257</i> and Sukh&#257 Si&#7749gh's <i>Gurbil&#257s D&#257sv&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>. It is divided into fourteen cantos called <i>tara&#7749gs</i>, each treating of a particular episode from the Gur&#363's life. The first <i>tara&#7749g</i> deals with the birth of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh and the following two narrate his journey through Lakhnaur (2) and M&#257khov&#257l (3). The martyrdom of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur is dealt with in the fourth <i>tara&#7749g</i>, followed by a description of the splendour of the Gur&#363's court (5), chastisement of the <i>masands</i> (6), Gur&#363's arrival at P&#257o&#7751&#7789&#257 S&#257hib (7) and his return to Anandpur (8). The following five cantos deal with different battles such as that of Nadau&#7751 (9), Husain&#299 (10), Chamkaur S&#257hib (11-12) and Muktsar (13). The concluding <i>tara&#7749g</i> narrates the Gur&#363's departure to the South and his arrival at N&#257nde&#7693. While selecting the episodes the poet has omitted many important ones, his major concern being with bringing out the Gur&#363's martial prowess and heroism. The dominant mood of the poem is thus chivalry (<i>v&#299r rasa</i>), with several subordinate ones to support it ; <i>doh&#257</i> and <i>chaupa&#299</i> are the metres used more frequently, some other metres employed being Ras&#257val, Bhuja&#7749g, Bhuja&#7749g-Pray&#257t, P&#257dha&#7771&#299, A&#7771ill, Svaiyy&#257, Sora&#7789h&#257, Jh&#363la&#7751&#257, Rav&#257l, Sa&#7749kh-n&#257r&#299, Madhubh&#257r, Vijay&#257, Manohar, To&#7789ak, Kabitt, and Tilk&#257. The language is Braj, with an admixture of Punjabi vocabulary. Arabic and Persian words appear in the original, too. Figures of speech borrowed generally from everyday life embellish the verse.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Rattan Si&#7749gh Jagg&#299<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>