ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>V&#256R BHERE K&#298 P&#256TSH&#256H&#298 10</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>V&#256R BHERE K&#298 P&#256TSH&#256H&#298 10</i> is an anonymous poem in Punjabi describing the battle of Anandpur, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's engagement with the pursuing host after he had evacuated Anandpur, and finally the battle of Chamkaur. The view has been expressed that this <i>v&#257r</i> is the original version of another poem entitled <i>Bhe&#7771&#257 Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh K&#257</i> or <i>Bhe&#7771&#257 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 D&#257svi&#7749 Da</i>. Both these <i>v&#257rs</i> deal with the same events, have a similarity of style and have lines, even stanzas, which are common to both. Yet a closer examination reveals that these are two different compositions and one of the poets has evidently borrowed extensively from the work of the other.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The <i>v&#257r</i> is strictly conventional in its structure and mode of narration. It opens with the praise of the Timeless One and with the invocation to Goddess Sarasavat&#299. Then follows the traditional description of Kal, the mythological spirit of evil, who is bloodthirsty and approaches Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh with the request to quench her thirst by waging a war. At the same time N&#257rad, the legendary <i>&#7771&#7779i</i>, famous for causing strife and conflict, goes to the hill <i>r&#257j&#257s</i> K&#257l and N&#257rad instigate the <i>r&#257j&#257s</i> to attack Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. Then begins the description of the battles in a rapid manner. Details are scanty and some of the important actions or episodes are barely alluded to. Yet the poet seems to be an eye-witness and at places the battle scenes are forcefully evoked.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This is one of the earliest compositions concerning the battles of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. It consists of 24 <i>pau&#7771&#299s</i> (stanzas) with three to eight lines in each <i>pau&#7771&#299</i>. The last line of some of the <i>pau&#7771&#299s</i> is of half length, which again is a peculiarity of the traditional <i>v&#257r</i>. The language is old Punjabi; archaic vocabulary abounds. At places Lahnd&#299 idiom is conspicuous, which indicates that the poet may have been from southern or south-western Punjab.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Var&#257&#7749 Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh J&#299 K&#299&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1967<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>