ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>V&#256R SR&#298 BHAGAUT&#298 J&#298 K&#298</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 SR&#298 BHAGAUT&#298 J&#298 K&#298</i>, a short anonymous poem describing an unnamed battle in which Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh emerged a victor. The poem consists of eight stanzas only. It begins with a <i>dohr&#257</i>, followed by six <i>savaiyyas</i>, and ends with another <i>dohr&#257</i>. It panegyrizes <i>Bhagaut&#299</i> (sword) as the source of power, and as the defender of faith and honour. It also pays tribute to the fearless warriors who wield the sword and never turn their back on the enemy. In capturing the battle scene, the poet has recourse to the usual devices of medieval war poetry. In the traditional style, the mythological Kal and N&#257rad are introduced with bloodthirsty Kaljogans swallowing bowlfuls of blood and jackals and vultures gorging themselves on the corpses of slain warriors.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the last line of the sixth <i>savaiyy&#257</i> appears the name of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, with the epithet of Fatehja&#7749g, i.e. victor of wars. In the final <i>dohr&#257</i>, the poet advises the Gur&#363's disciples, never to have faith in anyone god or goddess-except God.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The language of the <i>V&#257r</i>, written in Gurmukh&#299 characters, is a mixture of Punjabi, S&#257dh Bh&#257&#7779&#257 and Braj Bh&#257&#7779&#257.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>V&#257r&#257&#7749 Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh J&#299 D&#299&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1967<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Shamsher Si&#7749gh Ashok<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>