Sri Nanak Parkash - Post 016

Above is a water colour painting of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji with his four sons (the fours Sahibzadas) seated in front of him. Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji were and exception to any other prophet and this can be seen through the six ruts of the Sri Sooraj Parkash also written by Kavi Santokh Singh Ji. The four Sahibzadas were the sons of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji by the names of Baba Ajit Singh, Baba Jujhar Singh, Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh. All four became martyrs during the life of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji with the youngest being Baba Zorawar Singh Ji and Baba Fateh Singh Ji who were aged a meagre seven and five years old.

Now continue the translations of the first Adhyai of the Sri Nanak Parkash. In the next two stanzas numbered twenty seven and twenty eight Kavi Bhai Santokh Singh Ji continues with his beautiful invocation and praise of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. In the twenty seventh stanza Kavi Bhai Santokh Singh Ji shows his humility in comparison to the glory of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji while in the twenty eighth stanza Kavi Santokh Singh Ji begins to praise the transcendant form and beauty of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. The words and terms used by Kavi Santokh Singh Ji are emotionally moving and you begin to realise how amazing the form of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji must have been. The translation continues below;

ਕਬਿੱਤ ॥
ਤੋ ਸੋ ਨਹੀਂ ਦਾਤਾ ਕੋਊ ਮੋ ਸੋ ਨ ਭਿਖਾਰੀ ਦੀਨ ਤੋ ਸੋ ਨ ਦਯਾਲੁ ਦੁਖੀ ਮੋ ਸੋ ਨ ਅਲਾਈਏ ।
ਮੋ ਸੋ ਨਹੀ ਕ੍ਰਿਤਘਨ ਤੋ ਸੋ ਉਪਕਾਰੀ ਨਾਂਹਿ ਮੋ ਸੋ ਨ ਅਨਾਥ ਨਾਥ ਤੋ ਸੋ ਨ ਬਤਾਈਏ ।
ਔਗੁਨੀ ਨ ਮੋ ਸੋ ਕੋਊ ਗੁਨਵਾਨ ਤੋ ਸੋ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਪ ਤਪ ਬ੍ਰਤ ਮੋ ਮੈਂ ਏਕ ਨਹਿਂ ਪਾਈਏ ।
ਕਵਿ ਆਯੋ ਹੈ ਸ਼ਰਨ ਗਹੇ ਧਾਇਕੈ ਚਰਨ ਗੁਰੂ ਤਾਰਨ ਤਰਨ ਨਿਜ ਹਾਥ ਦੈ ਬਚਾਈਏ ॥੨੭॥

Kabit – O Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji there is no other being who has granted as much as you and no individual more of a poor beggar then me. O Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji there is no other being as merciful as you and no other individual is in as much pain as I am. O Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji is no other individual who has been a benefactor for other and selfless in all ways while there is no being as ungrateful as me in the world. O Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji is no other being as great as you and there is no other being as low as me. There is no other being is less virtuous then me whilst Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji there is no other individual who has greater virtues then you. The virtues such as meditation, religious austerities and religious vows cannot be found within me, not even one of them. Kavi Santokh Singh Ji states that he has run into the presence of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and taken refuge. O Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji you are the vessel that assists and carries one to safety, have mercy on me and grab my hand so that I may too be ferried to safety. 27.

Above is a painting depicting Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji riding his horse known by the name of 'Neela' due to its colour being blue.

ਕਬਿੱਤ ॥
ਅੰਤਕ ਕੀ ਪਾਸਿਨ ਬਚਾਇ ਨਿਜ ਦਾਸਨ ਕੋ ਹਾਥ ਮੈਂ ਸਰਾਸਨ ਅਰੂਢਤਿ ਤੁਰੰਗ ਕੇ ।
ਕਮਲ ਬਿਸਾਲ ਦਲ ਲੋਚਨ ਦਯਾਲੁ ਕਲਿ ਲੋਕਨ ਬਿਲੋਕ ਕੈ ਅਸ਼ੋਕ ਕਰੇ ਸੰਗ ਕੇ ।
ਸੋਚਨ ਬਿਮੋਚਨ ਕੋ ਪੋਚਨ ਸੰਕੋਚੇ ਜਗ ਨਯੋ ਪੰਥ ਧਾਰੀ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਅੰਗ ਅੰਗ ਕੇ ।
ਪਾਗ ਜਿਗ੍ਹਾ ਸੰਗ ਖਚੇ ਮਾਣਿਕ ਸੁਰੰਗ ਰੰਗ ਵਾਰੌਂ ਮੈਂ ਉਮੰਗ ਮਨ ਕਲਗੀ ਉਤੰਗ ਕੇ ॥੨੮॥

Kabit – Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji is the individual who is able to protect the devotees from the noose belonging to the angels of death and grant salvation. O Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji when you ride the horse you carry a bow in your hand. O Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji your eyes are big in the way that a lily pad is large. O Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji you are that merciful that only through just your divine glimpse you are able to give someone inner peace. O Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji you are able to eradicate bad thoughts and make a person forget about living a life full of lowly actions. O Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji you are greater of the new order known as the Khalsa and from every limb I am praising you. O Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji your turban is adorned with a circle of colourful jewels that enhance your beauty. O Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji above the jewels on your turban is an aigrette (kalgi) on seeing this I (Bhai Santokh Singh Ji) am a sacrifice to you. 28.

Above is a photo of the aigrette (kalgi) that adorned the turban of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji.