Essay on Guru Gobind Singh

Important Points : Introduction - Childhood of Guru Gobind Singh Ji - Biography of Guru Gobind Singh Ji - Khalsa Panth was established by - When and how the Khalsa Panth was founded - Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti - Conclusion.

Everyone knew Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji as the tenth Guru of the Sikhs. He was a symbol of great valor, courage, valor and valor, Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji had ordered the Sikhs to wear Panch Kakar. He was known to be a brave and brilliant leader. He founded the Khalsa Panth. He raised his voice against the evils of the Mughals and raised the slogan of 'Sat Shri Akal'. Guruji made the weak into heroes and the brave into lions.

Guru Gobind Singh was born on 22 December 1666 in Patna, the capital of Bihar. His childhood name was Govind Rai. His father, the ninth Guru, Shri Tegh Bahadur, had returned to Punjab after some time. The house in Patna where he was born and in which he spent his first four years, is now situated at Takhat Shri Harimander Ji Patna Sahib. Guru Gobind Singh ji was self-respecting and brave since childhood. The game included riding a horse, grabbing a weapon, gathering two groups of friends to fight and defeat the enemy. Guru ji supported his friends in the game. His intellect was very sharp. He had acquired sufficient knowledge of Hindi, Sanskrit and Persian very easily.

In 1670, his family again moved to Punjab. In March 1672, his family moved to a place called Chak Nanaki, located in the Shivalik Hills of the Himalayas. Chak Nanaki is now called Anandpur Sahib. This is where his education started. He took Persian, Sanskrit lessons and learned military skills to become a warrior. Govind Rai Ji used to share spiritual joy in Anandpur Sahib regularly, giving the message of morality, fearlessness and spiritual awakening in human beings. Anandapur was actually Ananddham. Here all the people used to get the supernatural knowledge of equality, equality and harmony without any discrimination of color, caste, creed. Govind ji was an idol of peace, forgiveness, tolerance.

Guru Tegh Bahadur ji came forward with a complaint against forcible conversion of Kashmiri Pandits to Muslims. At that time Guru Gobind Singh Ji was nine years old. On 11 November 1675, Aurangzeb publicly beheaded his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, for not accepting Islam himself to save them from forcible conversion after hearing the plea of ​​Kashmiri Pandits. After this, on the day of Vaishakhi, on 29 March 1676, Gobind Singh was declared the tenth Guru of the Sikhs. His education continued even after becoming the 10th Guru. Under education, he learned writing-reading, horse-riding and military skills, in 1684 he composed Chandi Di Vaar.

Guru Gobind Singh had three wives. On June 21, 1677, at the age of 10, he was married to Mata Jeeto at Basantgarh, 10 km from Anandpur. They both had 3 sons whose names were Jujhar Singh, Zorawar Singh, Fateh Singh. On April 4, 1684, at the age of 17, his second marriage took place at Anandpur with Mata Sundari. Guru Gobind Singh and Mata Sundari had a son named Ajit Singh. He married Mata Sahib Devan on April 15, 1700 at the age of 33. Although he did not have any children, but his period on the pages of the Sikh Panth was also very influential.

The leadership of Guru Gobind Singh ji brought a lot of new things in the history of the Sikh community. He created the Khalsa, which is a collective form of duly initiated followers of Sikhism, on the day of Baisakhi in 1699.

In a meeting of the Sikh community, he asked in front of everyone - "Who wants to sacrifice his head"? At the same time a swayamsevak agreed to this and Guru Gobind Singh took him to the tent and returned after sometime with a bloodied sword. The master again asked the same question to the people of that crowd and in the same way another person agreed and went with them but when they came out of the tent, the sword stained with blood was in his hand. Similarly when the fifth swayamsevak went inside the tent with him, after some time Guru Gobind Singh returned with all the surviving servants and named them Panj Pyare or the first Khalsa.

After that Guru Gobind ji took an iron bowl and mixed water and sugar in it and mixed it with a double-edged sword and gave it the name of nectar. After the formation of the first 5 Khalsa, he was given the name of the Sixth Khalsa, after which his name was changed from Guru Gobind Rai to Guru Gobind Singh. He explained the importance of five Kakars to the Khalsa and said – Kesh, Kangha, Kada, Kirpan, Kachera.

Here on 27 December 1704, both the younger Sahibzade and Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singhji were elected in the walls. When Guruji came to know about this situation, he wrote a zafarnama (letter of victory) to Aurangzeb, in which he warned Aurangzeb that the Khalsa Panth was ready to destroy your empire.

On May 8, 1705, there was a terrible war with the Mughals at a place called 'Muktsar', in which Guruji won. In October 1706, Guruji went to the South where Aurangzeb's death was discovered. Aurangzeb had written a complaint letter at the time of his death. Surprisingly, the one who had looted everything, (Guruji) was writing the Fatehnama and the one who had everything is writing the Shikast Nama. The reason for this was the truth. Guruji always waged wars against tyranny and not for his own personal gain.

After the death of Aurangzeb you helped Bahadur Shah to become the emperor. The relationship between Guruji and Bahadur Shah was very cordial. Seeing these relations, the Nawab of the border, Wajit Khan was terrified. So he put two Pathans behind Guruji. These Pathans deceived Guruji with a fatal blow, due to which Guruji (Guru Gobind Singh Ji) was absorbed in the divine light at Nanded Sahib on 7 October 1708. At the end you asked the Sikhs to consider the Guru Granth Sahib as their Guru and bowed themselves. After Guruji, Madhodas, whom Guruji named as Bandasingh Bahadur, who was made a Sikh, attacked the border and won over the tyrants.

The Khalsa Panth was founded by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699 at Anandpur Sahib, the day of Baisakhi. On this day, he first made a Khalsa by having five beloveds drink nectar and after that he himself drank nectar from the hands of those five dears. Satguru Gobind Singh has honored the Khalsa with the title "Fauj of Kaal Purakh" in Khalsa glory. The sword and hair were already with the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh prepared "Khande Baate ki Pahul" and also gave Kachha, Kada and comb. On this day "Singh" was put behind the name of Khalse. The difference of Khalse was visible in his physical appearance. But the Khalse did not give up self-knowledge, its propaganda continued and the sword kept on moving when needed.

Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti is celebrated by Sikhs throughout the year in the memory of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of the Sikhs. Gurudwaras are decorated across the country on this day. People go to the Gurudwara to pay obeisance with Ardas, Bhajans, Kirtans. On this day Nanak's speech is read and all the works of public welfare, charity etc. are done. On this day, langar is kept in all the Gurudwaras established in the country and abroad. Everyone goes to the Gurdwaras to eat the Mahaprasad of Guru Gobind Singh.

While Guru Gobind Singh was unique in the world's sacrificial tradition, he himself was also a great writer, original thinker and a knower of many languages ​​including Sanskrit. He himself composed many texts. He was the patron of scholars. 52 poets and writers were present in his court, hence he was also called 'Saint Sipahi'. He was a unique amalgamation of devotion and power. He always gave the message of love, unity, brotherhood. Even if anyone tried to harm Guruji, he defeated him with his patience, sweetness, and gentleness. Guruji believed that one should neither intimidate nor be afraid of anyone. He preaches in his voice, Bhai does not give to Kahu, nor does he believe in fear. He was a simple, easy, devotional karma yogi from childhood. There was a sense of sweetness, simplicity, courtesy and detachment in his speech. The first philosophy of his life was that the path of dharma is the path of truth and truth always triumphs.