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| Author | Sainapati |
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| Genre | Sikhism |
| Publication date | 1711 |
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Sri Gur Sobha is a poetic literary work that covers the life of Guru Gobind Singh and the establishment of the Khalsa order. It is one of the Gurbilases.
Description
The title of the text translates to "radiance of the guru". It was the first text of the Gurbilas genre and it narrates the life of Guru Gobind Singh and the establishment of the Khalsa order. The text was written in Gurmukhi in a language that is described as a mixture of Braj and eastern Punjabi that is Sanskritized. Its content has been described as partly eulogizing and partly historical.
Chapters
The work is divided into twenty chapters, with the name of each chapter and its general contents being as follows:
- Panth Pragās Barnan – opens with introductory stanzas, gives a list of the ten Sikh gurus, and states that the reason Guru Gobind Singh established the Khalsa Panth was based upon a divine order.
- Teg Pragās – describes the Battle of Bhangani.
- Rājan Het Saṅgrām – describes the Battle of Nadaun.
- battles with Khanzada and Hussain Khan
- Bachan Pragās – end of the masand system and establishment of the Khalsa order.
- Bachan Bichār – describing the paragon Khalsa.
- Rahit Pragās – explaining the modus vivendi of the Khalsa, known as rehat.
- first battle of Anandpur
- battle of Nirmohgarh
- battles of Basoli and Kalmot
- second battle of Anandpur
- battle of Chamkaur
- Kalā Pragās – covering the Guru Gobind Singh Marg, when the tenth guru escaped from Chamkaur and is travelling through the Malwa region, containing the battle of Muktsar and the Zafarnama epistle.
- Kīchak Mār – journey toward the south and the battle of Baghaur.
- Zikr Bādshāhī – Mughal war of succession (1707–1709)
- Mulāqāt Bādshāh Kī – meeting with Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah.
- Sāhibzādā kā Judh ar Zikr Rāh Kā – travels through Rajasthan and a skirmish at Chittorgarh.
- Jotī Jot Samāvaṇā – death of Guru Gobind Singh
- Agam Pragās – author's opinion on the future of the Khalsa
- Sarb Upamā – obeisance to the all-pervading divine
History
This text was completed by the court poet Sainapati in 1711. Sainapati was a patron poet of the Sikh guru. Whilst the author does not give his actual name or his pen-name in the work, the author can be identified through comparative analysis with works such as Chanakya Niti and Sri Sain Sukh, which were written by Sainapati.
Two manuscripts of the work were kept in the collection of the Sikh Reference Library at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar but were lost in the events of Operation Blue Star in 1984.
Publishing
The text fell into obscurity until it was rediscovered by Akali Kaur Singh and published by Bhai Nanak Singh Kirpal Singh Hazuria, Amritsar, in December 1925. Ganda Singh brought out another edition of the text that was published by the Punjabi University, Patiala in 1967.
Translation
The text was translated into English by Kulwant Singh in 2014.
References
- ^ Sainapati, Chandra Sain (2014). Sri Gur Sobha (Sainapati): English Translation. Translated by Singh, Kulwant. Chandigarh: Institute of Sikh Studies. ISBN 9788185815350.
- ^ Hasrat, B. J. (2004). Singh, Harbans (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Sikhism. Vol. 4: S–Z (2nd ed.). Patiala: Punjabi University. pp. 179–181. ISBN 817380530X.
- ^ McLeod, William Hewat (11 August 2024). "Sikh literature". Britannica. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ Singh, Gurmukh (2004). Singh, Harbans (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Sikhism. Vol. 4: S–Z (2nd ed.). Patiala: Punjabi University. pp. 236–238. ISBN 817380530X.