The choice of a warlike theme for this and a number of his later compositions such as the two Chandi Charitra, mostly in Braj, was made to infuse martial spirit among his followers to prepare them to stand up against injustice and tyranny.įor the first 20 years or so of his life, Guru Gobind Singh lived peacefully at Anandpur practicing arms and exercises to complete his training as a soldier. The poem depicted the legendary contest between the gods and the demons as described in the Markandeya Purana. written in 1684, was his first composition and his only major work in the Punjabi language. The Var Sri Bhagauti Ji Ki, popularly called Chandi di Var. He had a natural genius for poetic composition and his early years were assiduously given to this pursuit. He had grown into a comely youth spare, lithe of limb and energetic. In the midst of his engagement with the concerns of the community, he gave attention to the mastery of physical skills and literary accomplishment. The 13-year-old Gobind Rai, ordained as the next Guru before his father departed Anandpur, was formally installed as Guru Gobind Singh on the Baisakhi day of March 1676. After watching the tortured deaths of three of his followers, he as well, refused to convert and was beheaded on November 11, 1675. Soon afterwards the Guru with a few followers proceeded to the imperial capital, Delhi. Guru Tegh Bahadur advised the brahmins to return to their village and tell the authorities that they would accept Islam if Guru Tegh Bahadur could first be persuaded to do so.

“None could be worthier than you to make such a sacrifice,” remarked Gobind Rai in his innocent manner. Distress will then be expunged and happiness ushered in.” She will be redeemed only if a truly worthy person comes forward to lay down his head.

The father, as records Kuir Singh in his Gurbilas Patshahi 10, replied, “Grave are the burdens the earth bears. The Brahmans mad in desperation by the religious fanaticism visited Anandpur to seek Guru Tegh Bahadur’s advice.Īs the Guru sat reflecting what to do, young Gobind Rai, arriving there in the company with his playmates, asked why he looked so preoccupied. They had been given six months to decide or suffer the consequences. In1675, Aurangzeb who had ordered the forced conversion of all Hindus and thought that if the respected Kashmiri brahmins under the leadership of Pandit Kirpa Ram accepted Islam, others in the country would be easily converted. He became our Guru on Novemat the age of nine, following in the footsteps of his father Guru Teg Bahadur ji.

Guru Gobind Singh ji was born as “Gobind Rai” and was the tenth and last of the ten human form Gurus of Sikhism.

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