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The problem I would have is when you copy from a PDF it doesn't put it in unicode punjabi font. It will work if you have any other gurbani akhar font, the problem is that limits its use. Meaning, in unicode anyone can view it if they are on a PC (not to sure about Mac users), whereas if you have it in a specific punjabi font they will need to download the font, (think of how www.SikhitotheMax.com works, you have to download a font and install it to see the gurbani, instead of srigranth.org or sridasam.org where anyone can just go to the site and view gurbani). Is there a way to convert a standard Gurbani Font into unicode punjabi?

Done and done for the day ਦੋਹਰਾ ॥ ਸਰਬ ਬਯਾਪੀ, ਨਿਤ ਨਯੋ; ਸਤਿ, ਚਿਤ ਆਨੰਦ ਰੂਪ । ਮੋ ਉਰ ਮੈਂ ਪ੍ਰਗਟੋ ਸਦਾ; ਜੋ ਚਰ ਅਚਰ ਅਨੂਪ ॥੩॥ Couplet - O Lord you are omnipresent throughout creation and never age or become old. You are the form of supreme truth, supreme consciousness and complete bliss. O Lord forever be radiant within my heart and remain present within me. 3. ਸ੍ਵੈਯਾ ॥ ਅੰ ਪਰਮਾਤਮ ਆਤਮਭੂ ਪਦਮਾਪਤਿ ਪੰਚ ਖਤੰਗ ਅਰਾਤੀ । ਬਾਯੁ ਬਿਨਾਯਕ ਬਾਯੁ ਸਖਾ ਬਨਰਾਇ ਬ੍ਰਿਖਾਬ੍ਰਿਖ ਸੈਲਨ ਪਾਤੀ । ਸ੍ਰੀਦਹਿ ਸੂਰ ਸਸੀ ਉਡ ਅੰਤਕ ਮਾਨਵ ਦਾਨਵ ਦੇਵ ਸੰਗਾਤੀ । ਬੰਦਨਤਾ ਕਰ ਬੰਦਨ ਕੈ ਨਿਤ ਆਨੰਦ ਕੰਦ ਮੁਕੰਦ ਜਿ ਖਯਾਤੀ ॥੪॥ Savaiya - O Lord you one, unique and without an equal. All the beings within creation pay their respects to you. The demi god Brahma pays his respects to you, The husband to Laxmi who is the demi god Vishnu pays his respects to you, the holder of the five arrows Kaamdev is also paying his respects to you along with Shiva. The element of wind, Ganesh, the element of fire, the element of water, the nature and the king of the demi gods Indar are all paying their respects to you and offering salutations. The demi gods such as Kuber, the sun, the moon, the stars, Dharamraaj who is the righteous king, the demons and demi gods along with their families stand with both of their hands folded pay their respects and salutations to the divine Lord. O God you are the root of all bliss like a cloud showering all with bliss. You are the granter of liberation and ever present. 4. ਦੋਹਰਾ ॥ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਪੁਰੁਸ਼ੋਤਮੰ ਪਰਮ, ਪਰਾਵਰ ਨਾਥ । ਯੁਗਲ ਚਰਨ ਮਮ ਬੰਦਨਾ ਧਰ ਪਰ ਧਰਿਕਰਿ ਮਾਥ ॥੫॥ Couplet - Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji you are greater then the greatest beings in creation. You are the leader (Nath) of the the greatest of beings to have ever lived including the demi gods. I pay my respect to the two holy feet of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji by placing my forehead to the earth in reverance to you. 5. ਸ੍ਵੈਯਾ ॥ ਬਰ ਚਾਰ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਦਾ ਬਰ ਚਾਰ ਬਿਚਾਰ ਕੋ ਮੂਰ ਉਦਾਰ ਸੁਹਾਵੈਂ । ਉਪਕਾਰਿ ਸਖਾ ਸੁਖਕਾਰ ਸਦਾ ਤਮ ਪਾਰ ਕਰੈਂ ਉਰ ਮੋਂ ਬਸ ਜਾਵੈਂ । ਅਘ ਜਾਲਨਿ ਤੇ ਜਮ ਜਾਲਿਨਿ ਤੇ ਕਲਿ ਕਾਲਨ ਤੇ ਤਤਕਾਲ ਛੁਟਾਵੈਂ । ਅਰਬਿੰਦ ਬਿਖੇ ਗੁਨ ਏ ਸਭਿ ਹੋਹਿਂ ਤਬੈ ਉਪਮਾ ਪਗ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰ ਪਾਵੈਂ ॥੬॥ Savaiya - Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji a devotee is able to gain the four greatest virtues of Dharam (Religious action), Arth (Acquisition of wealth and worldly possessions), Kama (fulfillment and enjoyment of desires) and Moksh (liberation from the cycle of birth and death) from your holy feet. Your feet is the sanctuary from where deliberation takes place and one is able to propagate the radiance of knowledge within. Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji were the great being who manifest on the earth for the assistance of others and forever granted a feeling of peace. Those people who are able to propagate the feet of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji within their heart will be able to eradicate their ignorance and safely swim across this worldly ocean to liberation. The feet of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji are able to eradicate the sins of an individual, the pain and suffering of Kaljug (the current age of ignorance) and the noose of death from the angel of death (Jamdhoot). Bhai Santokh Singh Ji says that if a person is to have all of the good virtues similar to a lotus blossom (This metaphor is given as a lotus blossom remains in the dirt but unaffected by its surroundings and focuses totally on the son, in the was a Sikh should be untouched by the surroundings and focus on the Guru) then only then can they propagate and gain the praise for the holy feet of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. 6.

Here you go Kam! I just saw that you have posted some more ! Yikes, I hate playing catch up lol ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ There is One God who is realised through the grace of the True Guru. ਅਥ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਲਿਖਯਤੇ । Now the text of the Sri Nanak Parkash is being written ਅਧਯਾਯ ਪਹਿਲਾ The First Adhyai ਦੋਹਰਾ ॥ ਏਕੁੰਕਾਰਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਤਿਹਿ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ਸਚੁ ਹੋਇ । ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕੇ ਫਤੇ ਵਿਘਨ ਵਿਨਾਸ਼ਨ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥ Couplet - The Guru is the form of the One Lord and through his grace does one realise the true form of God. God is continuously victorious and so are those who meditate on him also, for this reason God remove all obstacles and problems to enable this text from being completed.1. ਕਬਿੱਤ ॥ ਤੀਨੋ ਲੋਕ ਬਰ ਦਾਨੀ, ਤੀਨੋ ਜਾਚੈਂ ਮਹਾਰਾਨੀ ਤੀਨੋ ਤਾਪ ਹਾਨੀ, ਆਦਿ ਤੀਨੋ ਗੁਨ ਮੰਡਿਕਾ । ਤੀਨੋ ਕਾਲ ਮਾਨੀ, ਤੀਨੋ ਸ਼ਕਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨੀ ਤਵ ਤੀਨੋ ਕ੍ਰਿਤਵਾਨੀ, ਤੀਨੋ ਗਾਨੀ ਬਰ ਬੰਡਿਕਾ । ਦੀਨੀ ਰਜਧਾਨੀ ਬੱਜ੍ਰ ਪਾਨੀ ਕੋ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਨ ਪਾਨੀ ਜਾਨੀ ਮੈਂ ਭਵਾਨੀ ਸੁਖ ਖਾਨੀ ਖਲ ਖੰਡਿਕਾ । ਨਮੋ ਨਮੋ ਬਾਕ ਬਾਨੀ, ਜੋਤਿ ਬਿਦਤਾਨੀ ਦਾਸ ਰਸਨਾ ਬਸਾਨੀ, ਜੈਤਿ ਜੈਤਿ ਮਾਤ ਚੰਡਿਕਾ ॥੨॥ Couplet - The Guru is the form of the One Lord and through his grace does one realise the true form of God. God is continuously victorious and so are those who meditate on him also, for this reason God remove all obstacles and problems to enable this text from being completed.1. Kabit - O Saraswati (whose transcendent form is that of the pen) you are the one who is enabling me to write this enormous Granth. You are the one who gives knowledge in the three realms. The demons, the humans and the demi gods all are asking you for knowledge. You are the one who alleviates the three different types of pain and suffering. You are the one from the primal beginning who gives the three different virtues of Sato, Rajo and Tamo to the writers bringing them praise. You have been respected by the poets during the three phases of time. You are the three different types of power that bring about boons. You are the doer of the three duties of creation, sustenance and destruction. You are the one who has been praised by the poets in the three time periods as you are the granter of boons. You are the one who enables one to grasp a sword and the one who returned the rule over the demi gods and the heavens to Indar. You are the one who gives bliss to those who worship God and destroys others such as demons. I pay my salutations to you again and again Saraswati who is present within each and every being. You are the one who resides on the tongue of the poet Bhai Santokh Singh Ji, may you be forever praised who is the motherly power within creation. 2.

I will type up the first section that you translated and will msg it to you over Facebook and will post it here. I will type up any section you want brother just let me know I am an extremely quick typer

Great seva!

I asked a question on another topic but I tihnk I will start a new one The question was, what is Rudra Rass? How is it different than Bir Rass? On Shaheediyan's status it says, "Rudra Ras is a negative essence, one should not try to acquire it. Bir Ras is to be pursued, as it is aligned with dharmic action." If that is true, then why did Guru Gobind Singh Ji write in his Chandi Chritar composition: ਚੰਡਿ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ ਕਵਿੱਤਨ ਮੈ ਬਰਨਿਓ ਸਭ ਹੀ ਰਸ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਮਈ ਹੈ ॥ I have narrated this Chandi Charitra in poetry, which is all full of Rudra Rasa (sentiment of ragge). ਏਕ ਤੇ ਏਕ ਰਸਾਲ ਭਇਓ ਨਖ ਤੇ ਸਿਖ ਲਉ ਉਪਮਾ ਸੁ ਨਈ ਹੈ ॥ The stanzas one and all, are beautifully composed, which contain new sillies from beginning to end. ਕਉਤਕ ਹੇਤ ਕਰੀ ਕਵਿ ਨੇ ਸਤਿ ਸਯ ਕੀ ਕਥਾ ਇਹ ਪੂਰੀ ਭਈ ਹੈ ॥ The poet hath composed it for the pleasure of his mind, and the discourse of seven hundred sholokas is completed here. ਜਾਹਿ ਨਮਿੱਤ ਪੜੈ ਸੁਨਿ ਹੈ ਨਰ ਸੋ ਨਿਸਚੈ ਕਰਿ ਤਾਹਿ ਦਈ ਹੈ ॥੨੩੨॥ For whatever purpose a person ready it or listens to it, the hgoddess will assuredly grant him that.232. Furthermore in Krishnavatar we can see Guru Gobind Singh Ji describe the state of Kharag Singh as: ਦੋਹਰਾ ॥ DOHRA ਖੜਗ ਸਿੰਘ ਕਰ ਖੜਗ ਲੈ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਰਸਹਿ ਅਨੁਰਾਗ ॥ ਯੌ ਡੋਲਤ ਰਨ ਨਿਡਰ ਹੁਇ ਮਾਨੋ ਖੇਲਤ ਫਾਗ ॥੧੩੮੪॥ Kharag Singh, filled with anger, taking his dagger in his hand, was fearlessly roaming in the war-arena; he seemed to be playing Holi.1384. Again in Krishnavatar it says: ਸਵੈਯਾ ॥ SWAYYA ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਭਰਯੋ ਰਨ ਮੌ ਅਤਿ ਕ੍ਰ੍ਵਰ ਸੁ ਪਾਨ ਕੇ ਬੀਚ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਨ ਲੀਏ ॥ ਅਭਿਮਾਨ ਸੋ ਡੋਲਤ ਹੈ ਰਨ ਭੀਤਰ ਆਨ ਕੋ ਆਨਤ ਹੈ ਨ ਹੀਏ ॥ Balram is proudly moving in the war-arena, filled with me and taking his sword in his hand; he is not caring for anyone else; ਅਤਿ ਹੀ ਰਸ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਕੇ ਬੀਚ ਛਕਿਓ ਕਬਿ ਸਯਾਮ ਕਹੈ ਮਦ ਪਾਨ ਪੀਏ ॥ਬਲਭਦ੍ਰ ਸੰਘਾਰਤ ਸ਼ੱਤ੍ਰ ਫਿਰੈ ਜਮ ਕੋ ਸੁ ਭਯਾਨਕ ਰੂਪ ਕੀਏ ॥੧੮੩੬॥ He looks like the one intoxicated with wine and filled with ire and is killing the enemies manifesting himself like the dreadful Yama.1836. Now can anyone define what Rudra Rass is? Are those translations correct? Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha defines Rudra Ras as: ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਰਸ ਦੇਖੋ, ਨਵਰਸ ਅਤੇ ਰੌਦ੍ਰ. ''ਬਰਨੋ ਸਭ ਹੀ ਰਸ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਮਈ ਹੈ.'' (ਚੰਡੀ ੧) ਅਜਾਣ ਲਿਖਾਰੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਉਂਕੜ ਨੂੰ ਰਾਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਜੋੜਕੇ ਰਸਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਰਸਭਦ੍ਰ ਬਣਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਹੈ. Bhai Kahn Singh first says to look at the Navras, the nine Ras's in indian classical thought. Rudra Rass is distinct from Bir Ras. If we look under Raudr as it says to above it defines it as: ਰੌਦ੍ਰ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਦੇਵਤਾ, ਐਸਾ ਇੱਕ ਕਾਵਰਸ. ਦੇਖੋ, ਨਵ ਰਸ, ਭਾਵ ਅਤੇ ਰਸ। ੨. ਕ੍ਰੋਧ। ੩. ਧੁੱਪ ਆਤਮ। ੪. ਯਮ। ੫. ਵਿ- ਡਰਾਉਣਾ. ਭਯਾਨਕ। ੬. ਰੁਦ੍ਰ (ਸ਼ਿਵ) ਦਾ. Isn't it odd that we find the words Rudra Rass in the writings of Dasam Guru Granth Sahib yet I cannot seem to find the words Bir Ras, if you do find it please post. Please post other explanations/definitions etc Just want to get peoples thoughts out about this

http://sikh-reality.blogspot.com/2010/02/guru-gobind-singh-jis-call-to-arms.html This post again shows the importance of the kamar kasa as Khalsa attire.

back to the topic, i am hopefully going to be able to get my hands on an unedditted version of Pracheen Panth Prakash. This is the version by Balwant Singh Dhillon. He has compared the old hand written manuscripts and has complied, what he hopes, to be an original of Panth Prakash without the eddittings of Bhai Vir Singh. Once I go through it and examine it i will post my thoughts

What do you guys think the difference is between Rudra Ras and Bir Ras? Please look at tukhs in Chandi Chritar for reference of the words, 'Rudhra Rass' Mahan Kosh also talks about it

excellent !

Kam, I cannot find it on that site, can you send me a link? I've been searching it on that site with no luck thanks!

beautiful

good post, what is this from? did a sant mahapursh tell you this or did you read this somewhere? please let me know!

http://sikh-reality.blogspot.com/2010/02/khalsa-dharam-shaastar.html I know we have beat this topic to death on this forum, but here is a passage from Khalsa Dharam Shaastar explaining the whole concept of Shastar and Chandi/Devi along with why Devi became pargat by Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Post commments/concerns etc

the more and more we discriminate against caste we are fueling these things, either it be conversions by low caste to other religions, or stuff like this

thanks to 'Gurbar Akaal' who posted it on sikhsangat.com

If someone could post the above link on Sikh Sangat under this thread it would be much appreciated, because it was requested http://www.sikhsangat.com/index.php/topic/42477-sri-bhagauti-astotar/ I cannot seem to get a login on that site, must have been from me posting a few years ago they banned my IP

http://sikh-reality.blogspot.com/2010/01/bhagauti-astotar-paat-is-very-rare.html

i believe it comes in 11 volumes

I have the one by Ajeet Singh Aulakh, its the only one I have seen so I cannot comment if its the best out there. But I am pleased with it, even though a lot of the times the punjabi is difficult.

it may shock people by... most if not all itihaastik granths refer to us as Hindus (Suraj prakash, pracheen panth prakash before it was editted by bhai veer singh etc) Again, the term is not reffering to Hindu as most people know it today.

I have added something to my blog about babaji from the naveen panth prakash check it out at http://sikh-reality.blogspot.com/2010/01/baba-deep-singh-shahid.html

I have found the story of Baba Deep Singh Ji in Giani Gian Singhs Naveen Panth Prakash. You can read it here http://www.ik13.org/PDFS/Panth_Parkash_2.pdf page 1112 out of 1613

just looked through Pracheen Panth Prakash and Suraj Prakash, did not find detailed information on Baba Deep Singhs Shahidi. Does anyone know what is the earliest full account of Baba Deep Singh Ji Shahids battle? Has anyone gone through Naveen Panth Prakash? Is it described in there? If not don't you agree that thats odd?

please do share with me as well