Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s homage

The Wonderous 1
Jul 7
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The pure belongs to the ‘Wonderous Enlightener. The victory belongs to the ‘Wonderous Enlightener’.

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Guru Gobind Singh Ji pays homage to the great sacrifice of Guru Tegh Bahadar Ji through the following ‘Shabads’:

“He was the protecter of the ‘Tilak’ (ceremonial mark) and ‘Janyoo’ (sacred thread) for them (the Hindus). This marked a huge event of faith in the age of ‘Kaljug’ (the era of injustice brought by the Mughals). For the sake of the saints, he crossed all limits (of sacrifice) and set a new benchmark. He gave his head but did not express even the slightest pain from his mouth. For the sake of ‘Dharma’ (righteousness), he created a forever living legacy. He gave his head but never gave up his promise (of protecting the meek). He denounced the performance of miracles and magic (that entertains people) as bad practice. God’s people feel ashamed of such displays. 15.”

Dohra. Breaking the potsherd (of his body) on the head of Delhi’s emperor (Aurangzeb), he left for Lord’s abode. Such a feat of Tegh Bahadar could not be repeated by anybody else.15. The whole world bemoaned the departure of Tegh Bahadur. All the world continuously mourned (threefold), the realm of the ‘Devthe’ continuously hailed his victory (threefold).16.”

(Guru Gobind Singh Ji – Bachitar Natak – Panna 55)

The latter suggests that Guru Ji sacrificed himself to destroy any good deeds that remained in the spiritual bank of Aurangzeb. Thus, giving him nothing positive to fuel his rule on. This is why not only did Naurang die hopelessly, but his Mughal empire eventually vanished forever. Furthermore:

“Those who have instilled only God as their master. They have never exhibited any deceitful manipulation to anyone. (Such a person) sacrificed his head but not his principles. Knowing their body to be equivalent to a small particle. 26.”

(Guru Gobind Singh Ji – Chaubees Avtar - Pannaa 155)

As Guru Tegh Bahadar Ji’s head separated from his body, a great storm struck Delhi and heavy dust filled the air. An earthquake shook the land and the people that were present in ‘Chandni Chowk’ closed their eyes as they could not see anything. As Guru Ji’s head came into the ‘Jholi’ (possession) of Jaita ‘Ji’ (as per the promise of Guru Ji), he quickly wrapped it in concealment and without looking towards anybody, hastily exited the area. He used whatever strength and speed that his body had to set off towards ‘Anandpur Sahib’. This ‘Sikh’ fought the might of the storm and continued to move forward, even though the dust was constantly hitting his face. He travelled continuously be it day or night without stopping anywhere and repeatedly supplicated within his mind for ‘God’ to “protect his servant’s honour.” Extraordinary here is, that by the time this ‘Sikh’ left the boundaries of Delhi, the storm came to a halt.

On the other hand, people still present at the scene of martyrdom, were left horrified seeing Guru Ji’s body on the floor with the head missing. Aurangzeb simualtaneously had an anxiety attack whilst trying to figure out what the consequences would be after Guru Ji’s execution. From this, we can understand that subconsciously, he was aware of the spiritual prowess that Guru Ji possessed. It also seemed as though the instant ‘karma’ for his sin was quick to start as ‘God’ always preserves the honour of his devotees.

The executor Jalalu Deen was a ‘Seyad’ which is a respectful title in Islam, given to those descendants of the Prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima and her husband Ali. These ‘Seyads’ would carry out tasks that nobody else could (out of privilege). For example, only a ‘Seyad’ could be in control of steering the elephants in the Mughal rule, as they were the only ones allowed to sit with their backs towards the emperors (that sat in planquins behind them). Hence, a ‘Seyad’ was chosen to carry out the beheading of Guru Ji. This ‘Seyad’ later explained to Naurang what had happened after the execution: “As soon as the head separated from the body, nobody managed to track where it went. A heavy storm started, but even then we tried stopping the public from leaving. We searched everybody to locate the head, but we were unsuccessful”.

Nauranga then announced for the 1400 Sikh households living in Delhi to be searched, but the head was nowhere to be found. Some of the local Sikhs denied that they were even Sikh, out of fear that they may be next to be killed. Guru Ji’s body was intentionally left to lay on the floor by the Mughals for all to see what the consequences would be for any rebellion to the Mughal empire. This scene was supposed to put fear into the public and intimidate Guru Ji’s followers too.

To be continued...

The pure belongs to the ‘Wonderous Enlightener. The victory belongs to the ‘Wonderous Enlightener’.

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