Sabad Patshahi 10

Sabad Patshahi 10 (a.k.a. Shabad Hazare Patshahi 10), under the title Shabad (Punjabi: ਸਬਦ), are ten religious hymns composed by Guru Gobind Singh that are present in Dasam Granth. These hymns have comments on ritualistic practices in Sanyasis, Yogis and Bairagis, and also against any form of idolatry, human or deity worship.

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  • These hymns are primarily composed in Braj and Hindi languages,[1] with plentiful use of Sanskrit words,[2] except sixth hymn, which is composed in Punjabi with some Urdu words.
  • Excluding the sixth, all other hymns have three Padas and Rahau (The Pause) placed in the beginning of the Shabads.
  • Sixth hymn was composed at Machiwara where as others were composed at Anandpur Sahib. The ordering of hymns was given by Bhai Mani Singh.
  • The only six Ragas present in Dasam Granth are in the title of hymns.
  • These Shabads deal with futility of asceticism, idolatry and attachment.[3]
  • Shabad Hazare is a title given to collection of these Shabads. Though it is not present in main text and the meaning is not too clear but traditionally it is believed that one Shabad have merit of thousand.[4] Some scholar link hazare word to the Persian word Hijr (lit. separation), as the Shabads separates us from Maya,[5] where it is also believed to come from the word Haazra (lit. present).

Hymns

References

  1. ↑ Page 18, Dasam Granth, S. S Kapoor
  2. ↑ Page, 115 Teachings of the Sikh Gurus, C. Shackle, Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair, Routledge, 2005
  3. ↑ Page-6, Hymns From The Dasam Granth, Gobind Singh Mansukhani, Hemkunt Press, 1993
  4. ↑ Teachings of the Sikh Gurus, C. Shackle, Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair, Routledge, 2005
  5. ↑ The Encyclopedia of Sikhism, H. S Singha, Hemkunt Press, 2000
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