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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Sikh</strong> <strong>Bulletin</strong> &`gx 535 February 2004<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Sikh</strong> <strong>Bulletin</strong> &`gx 535 February 2004<br />
the blood of <strong>Sikh</strong> masses through a system of bribery and<br />
corruption. As then and now they employ threats of<br />
excommunication to terrorize <strong>Sikh</strong>s who dare to question<br />
their hypocrisy and out right dishonesty.<br />
<strong>The</strong> succession of these so-called Jathedars or high priests<br />
since 1984 brought nothing 5ut henchmen of the leader of the<br />
Akali Dal Party. A slight mistake by these puppets in catering<br />
to the wishes of the political boss gets them packing and<br />
banished. <strong>The</strong> present Mukh Granthi at Akal Takht, Joginder<br />
Singh Vedanti, has topped the list in his willingness to<br />
become the tool in the hands of various interest groups to<br />
terrorize their opponents by summoning to Akal Takht and<br />
declaring them guilty of unknown religious offenses while<br />
honoring others who show blatant disregard to panth<br />
approved rahit maryada. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Sikh</strong> <strong>Bulletin</strong> declared him a<br />
Trojan horse at the time of his appointment as Mukh Granthi<br />
at Akal Takht. His tenure has been marred by scandals<br />
caused by his excessive greed, partisanship, and hypocrisy.<br />
Such actions can only be attributed to a person of low moral<br />
character and not from the one holding an esteemed religious<br />
position.<br />
Recent excommunication of a pious <strong>Sikh</strong> writer of at least a<br />
dozen books on gurmat, Gurbax Singh Kala afgana of British<br />
Columbia Canada, is the most condemned decision of his<br />
tenure. He was declared guilty for his opinions calling Guru<br />
Granth and Guru Panth as supreme and rejecting the spurious<br />
books so called " Dasam Granth, and Gurbilas Patshahi 6"<br />
which are championed by the priests and fake sant babas as<br />
true renderings of <strong>Sikh</strong> principles and ethical values.<br />
Once again to serve his political masters he has summoned<br />
Sardar Joginder Singh, chief editor of a popular magazine<br />
'Spokesman'. He is accused of criticism of the decision of the<br />
Jathedar to excommunicate Sardar Kala Afgana. This issue of<br />
the <strong>Sikh</strong> bulletin has numerous articles and letters from <strong>Sikh</strong>s<br />
from all over the world protesting and condemning this latest<br />
outrage of this unscrupulous granthi.<br />
Anti gurmat traditions carried over from the Mahant period<br />
are considered supreme and cannot be violated. Thus <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
women are denied right to perform kirtan and seva at Darbar<br />
Sahib in transgression of specific injunctions of Guru Granth<br />
Sahib ji. Professing reverence to spurious books and<br />
installing them equal to Guru Granth Sahib at two of the five<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> religious Takhts is wrong. To this date Jathedar of Akal<br />
Takht or the president ofSGPC, two premier institutions of<br />
the <strong>Sikh</strong>s, have not uttered a word of protest. Further none of<br />
the leaders of the many Akali Dal parties have protested to<br />
the Takhts concerned or sent any letter of complaint to the<br />
Akal Takht. Forgive me for calling it <strong>Sikh</strong>i by Hypocrisy.<br />
Gurpal Singh Khaira<br />
*****<br />
ON FUNDAMENTALISTS AND FANATICS<br />
At least since the Islamic Mullahs overthrew the Shah of<br />
Iran, and even more so during the past year, there has been a<br />
rising crescendo of the talking heads on television telling us<br />
of the dangers of religious fundamentalism. <strong>The</strong>y warn us<br />
and alarm us: the rising tide of fundamentalism poses a<br />
danger to human survival and to civilized society, as we<br />
know it. Religious fundamentalists all over the globe are<br />
fighting to carve new boundaries and new nations, and they<br />
stand ready to destroy anyone who blocks their way. <strong>The</strong><br />
religious fundamentalists, it is alleged, are the least tolerant<br />
of any people.<br />
But the media pundits talk primarily of Islamic<br />
fundamentalism and its intolerance. <strong>The</strong>y rarely mention<br />
Christian fundamentalists, who are also intolerant of all<br />
other religions, and even of Christians who do not believe in<br />
their particular brand of Christianity. This differential and<br />
deferential treatment often stems from the fact that many of<br />
the pundits identify personally with the Christian<br />
fundamentalists. In addition, the Christian fundamentalists<br />
seem to operate primarily in countries with nominally<br />
secular governments and thus can do only limited harm to<br />
government and society as a whole.<br />
History tells us that this, of course, was not always the<br />
case, and even now such obsessively single-minded<br />
believers are not entirely harmless. <strong>The</strong> television pundits<br />
rightly condemn the second-class place of women in<br />
orthodox Muslim society and the precarious existence<br />
therein of all non-Muslims, as well as the lack of free<br />
discussion and debate in such closed orthodoxies.<br />
What these pundits forget is that the Inquisition<br />
stemmed from dogmatic Christians. Lynching of Blacks was<br />
often done in the name of Christianity, and that was not so<br />
long ago. I remember Cardinal Spellman painting the sign<br />
of the cross on the helmets of young American soldiers on<br />
their way to Vietnam. Even today the debate over a<br />
woman’s right to abortion usually gets obscured in religious<br />
doctrine and dogma. Keep in mind that even in these days of<br />
enlightenment President Bush uses American financial<br />
might to impose his religious beliefs on poorer nations when<br />
he vetoes any funding for programs that might provide<br />
education or technology for birth control.<br />
My purpose here is to cast a jaundiced eye on the<br />
whole concept of fundamentalism. To me the examples of<br />
Islamic and Christian intransigence that I have cited are not<br />
really examples of religious fundamentalism at all but of<br />
fanatic intolerance.<br />
Literally, fundamentalism means to be in touch with<br />
the basics, the fundamentals — in this case, of a religion. I<br />
think such fundamentalism should be the minimum<br />
expected from anyone who professes a religion, be it Islam,<br />
Christianity, <strong>Sikh</strong>ism or any one of the wide varieties of<br />
religious experience. I am an anatomist so, one hopes, I<br />
know the fundamentals of anatomy. If I am a <strong>Sikh</strong>, I should<br />
be similarly comfortable with the fundamentals of my faith.<br />
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Once a person rejects the fundamentals, one cannot in good<br />
faith remain a part of the whole, the institution. That is my<br />
position. I could hardly function as an anatomist or be able to<br />
assert the right to call myself one if I were no longer in<br />
command of the fundamentals of anatomy. Being a <strong>Sikh</strong>,<br />
Hindu or Christian seems no different in concept or in<br />
principle.<br />
Thus, fundamentalism is not and cannot be inherently<br />
evil. It is the “talibanized” version of fundamentalism that is<br />
evil. Excessive enthusiasm for one’s own belief and the<br />
diminution and demeaning of the viewpoint of other people<br />
to the point of denying them the right to believe in their own<br />
way — that would certainly be evil. And that is fanaticism,<br />
which would and should be sinful under any circumstances,<br />
in any place at any time.<br />
Contrary to what we usually think, not all fanatics<br />
necessarily believe in religion of any sort. When we look at<br />
religions of the world, we often recognize the good that<br />
religions have done by fostering and awakening the humanity<br />
in humans. More often, however, we see the injustice that has<br />
been committed in the name of religion. <strong>The</strong> crusades, the<br />
jihads, the Inquisition and the more recent pogroms of the<br />
Nazis bear witness to the inhumanity people express in the<br />
name of religion. Do not forget to add to this incomplete<br />
litany of religious intolerance the genesis and history of the<br />
long-running troubles in Ireland and the Arab-Jewish<br />
imbroglio.<br />
Hinduism is generally thought of as a historically<br />
tolerant faith that is only recently becoming viciously<br />
intolerant of others. I should add that Hindu intolerance in the<br />
name of religion is not new but had merely been held in<br />
check for the many centuries that Hindus were powerless<br />
either under the Muslims or under the British. History<br />
suggests that St. Thomas, who took Christianity to India<br />
perhaps around A.D. 52, died at the hands of fanatical<br />
Brahmins. Similar minds decimated Buddhism in India, the<br />
land of its birth. We now remember the systematically<br />
repressive and genocidal policies of the secular Indian<br />
government against the Muslims, <strong>Sikh</strong>s and Christians, as<br />
well as against people of other minority religions over the<br />
past two decades and even longer.<br />
We often think that perhaps many of these pogroms<br />
and policies against religious people stemmed directly from<br />
or were a reaction to the fanatical beliefs and practices of the<br />
believers. Beware of those who hold too tightly to their<br />
religions, conventional wisdom warns us, for they are<br />
fanatics and least tolerant of diversity. But not all fanatics are<br />
believers in religions, as we know them. That’s why I use the<br />
example of India, where secular principles are enshrined in<br />
the constitution.<br />
Look at the irony of another situation — it would be<br />
delicious were it not so illogically and fanatically cruel.<br />
In Turkey today, a Muslim woman walking down the<br />
street who wears a hijab (scarf covering her head, neck and<br />
shoulders), as required by her religion, would invite<br />
governmental hostility. But if the same Muslim woman<br />
appeared on the street in Iran without her hijab, she would<br />
also face immediate legal reprisals. Much of the world<br />
probably wouldn’t care either way. Turkey is a secular<br />
country while Iran is governed strictly by Islamic law.<br />
It would be illegal in Turkey for a family to hold in its<br />
home an Islamic religious service officiated by a cleric. If<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s build a gurdwara in Kuwait, it would be closed by<br />
order of the government; <strong>Sikh</strong>s can, however, practice their<br />
faith within their own home, even in Kuwait. Turkey is<br />
secular, Kuwait is Islamic, but is one more fanatical Is one<br />
less tolerant than the other<br />
<strong>The</strong> policies of Iran, Kuwait and many other Islamic<br />
countries ostensibly are derived from their religion; those of<br />
Turkey seem to stem from a rejection not of just one<br />
religion — Islam — but effectively from a rejection of all<br />
religions. Turkey is aggressively secular. But what is<br />
secularism<br />
Is “secularism” to be the new religion replacing the<br />
older religions with the support of the government Can<br />
rejection of religion itself become a religion However<br />
illogical, that seems to be the intent in Turkey. Does<br />
rejection of religion promote or guarantee tolerance Not<br />
necessarily, as evidenced by the case of Turkey.<br />
A government that is truly representative of all the<br />
people can and should be determinedly fanatical in<br />
requiring that all its citizens uphold the laws of society. <strong>The</strong><br />
laws of a society primarily and minimally require its citizens<br />
to conduct their lives such that they respect the rights,<br />
persons and property of their neighbors. One of these rights<br />
is to be able to live one’s life according to one’s faith. But to<br />
enforce a religion of secularism means to deny people the<br />
right to believe and practice their religion, even if it is not in<br />
conflict with laws that protect them or their neighbors. To<br />
require from citizens a denial of their own beliefs makes<br />
secularism a religion and its proponents and prophets<br />
undeniably fanatics. I give you the example of communism<br />
as an example of non-traditional religion.<br />
It seems to me that forcing such aggressive secularism<br />
as a belief system provides an excellent working definition<br />
and model of fanaticism. Lest one think that this is<br />
separation of politics and religion, I emphasize that this is<br />
not at all inherent in the concept of separation of church and<br />
state. That concept means only that the state will not<br />
establish, promote or hinder any religion. If clearly thought<br />
through, that concept would reject the words “In God We<br />
Trust” on the currency or “One nation under God” in the<br />
Pledge of Allegiance. It would also allow an Orthodox Jew<br />
or a turbaned <strong>Sikh</strong> to serve in the armed services of the<br />
United States without hindrance.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no virtue in being nominally secular as India<br />
claims to be or aggressively so as Turkey is or as the Soviet<br />
Union used to be. <strong>The</strong> point is for individual citizens to be<br />
fundamentalist in the true meaning of the word — that is,<br />
remaining faithful to the fundamentals of their belief —<br />
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while remaining tolerant of the different beat of the distant<br />
drummer that their neighbor chooses to walk to on his or her<br />
religious path. It is in this latter condition that India and<br />
Turkey seem to be critically deficient.<br />
This principle exactly is the bedrock of <strong>Sikh</strong> belief: to<br />
believe and practice one’s faith by understanding its<br />
fundamentals but never to enforce it on others. History tells<br />
us that Aurungzeb, the 17th-century Muslim ruler of India,<br />
declared Islamization of the country as his national policy<br />
goal. Hindus were converted by force. At that time, the <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
Guru, Tegh Bahadur, at the entreaty of Hindus, chose to<br />
accept martyrdom to insure that Hindus could practice their<br />
own faith as they deemed fit. He did so not because he did<br />
not value the fundamentals of his own <strong>Sikh</strong> belief, which was<br />
not Hinduism. His sacrifice was a testament to the<br />
fundamentals of his own <strong>Sikh</strong> faith - tolerance of the<br />
different views of others and helping them chart their own<br />
destiny, as they saw fit.<br />
<strong>The</strong> approach of all <strong>Sikh</strong> Gurus, from Guru Nanak to<br />
Guru Gobind Singh, was similar. <strong>The</strong>y taught a message that<br />
did not diminish or demean others. <strong>The</strong>y considered no one<br />
person or his religion to be the enemy. <strong>The</strong>y fought battles,<br />
yet were equally willing to welcome the opponent as a friend.<br />
<strong>The</strong> lives of Guru Hargobind and Guru Gobind Singh are a<br />
testament to this. History tells us that in the many battles that<br />
the Gurus fought, some of their allies were Hindu; others<br />
were Muslim. At times some enemies were Hindu, while<br />
others were Muslim. Through all this the Gurus never forced<br />
their beliefs on any people, subjugated others or conquered<br />
any territory. For almost half a century until the arrival of the<br />
British in the mid 19th century, <strong>Sikh</strong>s dominated north India;<br />
the ruler, Ranjit Singh, ruled justly with an emphasis on<br />
tolerance to ensure that the fundamentals of all faiths were<br />
respected.<br />
Here I must offer an apologia of sorts. What I have<br />
recounted is <strong>Sikh</strong> history. In the past two decades or so,<br />
whether in response to the political realities in India where<br />
the <strong>Sikh</strong>s are under siege or as fallout from fundamentalists<br />
and fanatics from around the world, <strong>Sikh</strong>ism, too, has<br />
produced its share of talibanized <strong>Sikh</strong>s who are intolerantly<br />
fanatical. Assuredly, there is no way to justify or garner<br />
support for such self-righteousness and hubris in <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
tradition, history or doctrine.<br />
Fundamentals of one’s belief are important to a sense<br />
of self; intolerance and fanaticism are inimical to it. This is<br />
the crux of a civilized and cultured existence. I. J Singh, NY<br />
[From his book ‘Being And Becoming A <strong>Sikh</strong>’, available from the Author<br />
ijs1@nyu.edu ED.]<br />
*****<br />
PRESS NOTE BY WSC ORGANIZERS<br />
Jan. 02, 2004.<br />
<strong>The</strong> under mentioned persons connected with the ‘World<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> Convention’, analysed the news item published in the<br />
papers of December 25, 2003, according to which Editor of<br />
the Spokesman Joginder Singh has been summoned by Bhai<br />
Joginder Singh Vedanti to appear at the Akal Takhat,<br />
considered it in the context of the resolutions of the<br />
Convention and concluded as follows:<br />
1.1 Several years earlier our representatives had<br />
politely asked Bhai Joginder Singh Vedanti to<br />
clarify to the <strong>Sikh</strong> panth the religious or ethical<br />
basis on which he was declaring himself and others<br />
as “maha Granthis, Five Singh Sahiban, Jathedars<br />
or High Priests”. He has not bothered to explain his<br />
position to the <strong>Sikh</strong> people.<br />
1.2 <strong>The</strong> panth accepted <strong>Sikh</strong> Rehat Maryada provides<br />
for selection of Five Beloved ones by the<br />
concerned <strong>Sikh</strong> congregation. <strong>The</strong> above<br />
mentioned ‘maha Granthis, Jathedars’ were never<br />
so selected by the congregation. <strong>The</strong>y must explain<br />
to the congregation how without going through the<br />
process of selection, they usurp the powers of the<br />
Five Beloved Ones and why do they terrorise<br />
Guru’s <strong>Sikh</strong>s by the exercise of such powers<br />
1.3 <strong>The</strong>y need to clarify how they are entitled to<br />
summon a <strong>Sikh</strong> to appear before them in the<br />
absence of his voluntary desire to seek forgiveness<br />
for dereliction of religious duty<br />
1.4 Clearly Editor Joginder Singh has committed no<br />
breach of Rehat Maryada and neither has he<br />
presented himself before the congregation to seek<br />
forgiveness. In these circumstances no pseudo<br />
Jathedar is entitled according to the principles of<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>i to summon him to appear at the Akal Takhat.<br />
1.5 It is certain that no <strong>Sikh</strong> of the Guru is obliged to<br />
obey such an order which is void ab initio.<br />
2.1 After deep consideration, all of us, particularly in<br />
the context of Akali Dal’s Moga Conference<br />
(1996), believe that Mr. Parkash Singh Badal’s<br />
position is that of a henchman of Hindutva forces.<br />
He now is a firm adherent of Hindutva’s ultimate<br />
aim of liquidating the <strong>Sikh</strong> panth and is a handle in<br />
the axe of Hindutva.<br />
2.2 In recent times Mr. Badal has usurped the sole<br />
right to appoint and dismiss what his group calls a<br />
‘Jathedar’ of the Akal Takhat. Inspired by some<br />
destructive thought he has appointed Bhai Joginder<br />
Singh Vedanti to that office and has retained him<br />
even after attaining the retiring age of 60 years.<br />
2.3 For the above mentioned reasons Bhai Vedanti is<br />
only a henchman of one who himself is but a<br />
henchman of an enemy organisation. According to<br />
principles derived from Guru’s word, Guru’s<br />
instructions and the dictates of <strong>Sikh</strong> history and<br />
tradition, it is nothing but betrayal of <strong>Sikh</strong>i to<br />
obey Vedanti’s orders.<br />
3.1 To advertise the collection of indecent tales and<br />
meaningless mythological stories as ‘Dasam<br />
Granth’ and to attribute its authorship to the Tenth<br />
King in entirety is to throw mud on the Guru’s<br />
clean and holy garment. <strong>The</strong> ultimate aim of<br />
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ascribing its authorship to the Guru is to destroy the<br />
image of the Lord of the Blue Steed, the one who<br />
sacrificed his whole family, and to sow the seeds of<br />
hatred for him and is nothing less.<br />
3.2 <strong>The</strong> Tenth King is certainly the ornament of the<br />
human race and his image is preeminent amongst<br />
the greatest humans in history. It is capable of<br />
inspiring the highest ethical values, idealism and is<br />
capable of bestowing the highest spiritual<br />
development. This image has been carefully<br />
preserved by three and half centuries of history in its<br />
original purity. To keep this purity in tact is<br />
universally beneficial.<br />
3.3 For this purpose it is absolutely essential to<br />
denigrate this book and to refuse to publicly accept<br />
the white lie that its author is Guru Gobind Singh.<br />
To actively participate in this denial process is a<br />
religious duty as well as a homage to the truth of<br />
history.<br />
4.1 Bhai Gurbaksh Singh Kala Afghana is a believing,<br />
duly baptised <strong>Sikh</strong> writer. His books are dedicated<br />
to the betterment of the <strong>Sikh</strong> people and are in<br />
conformity with Guru’s word. As against those,<br />
Gurbilas Patshahi 6 edited by Bhai Joginder<br />
Singh Vedanti is poisonous weed and a basket of<br />
dirt born of low mentality.<br />
4.2 When Bhai Kala Afghana brought the above fact to<br />
the notice of public in a serious discussion, he was<br />
ex-communicated by Bhai Joginder Singh Vedanti.<br />
This was done without giving him an opportunity of<br />
being heard and without considering his written<br />
point of view. He was trapped into that quagmire by<br />
low cunning.<br />
4.3 To excommunicate people like this may be in order<br />
in Islam hijacked by crude priesthood, but in <strong>Sikh</strong>i<br />
such an action is completely unauthorised. <strong>The</strong><br />
World <strong>Sikh</strong> Convention of October 26, 2003,<br />
rersolved that excommunication is in opposition to<br />
the basic postulates of <strong>Sikh</strong>i. To accept<br />
excommunication as valid is opposed to human<br />
values, is out and out cowardness and is a complete<br />
betrayal of <strong>Sikh</strong> history and tradition. This is the<br />
firm belief of majority of ordinary <strong>Sikh</strong>s like us.<br />
We perceive that inspite of opposition by majority of the<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s, the ‘mahan granthis, Jathedars’ are progressively<br />
tightening their noose around the necks of ordinary <strong>Sikh</strong>s.<br />
For this purpose they are spreading the terror of their<br />
unauthorised ‘hukamnamas’. <strong>The</strong>y are leaving no space for<br />
meaningful discussion. It is a death dealing situation for<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>i. To distill the views of ordinary <strong>Sikh</strong>s on the issue, to<br />
organize expression of public opinion against this new<br />
menace, we propose to hold at least four big conventions<br />
outside India and will hold a Sarbat Khalsa in the Punjab and<br />
will thus put a complete end to this new tradition of<br />
terrorising Guru’s <strong>Sikh</strong>s.<br />
To every person wedded to truthful conduct and pious<br />
living, we promise that we will ever incessantly strive to<br />
completely obliterate the terror of unauthorised<br />
‘hukamnamahs’ of ‘maha granthis’ root and branch<br />
from the psyche of <strong>Sikh</strong>s.<br />
Gurtej Singh (Professor of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism), Narinder Singh (Retd. Major<br />
General), Kn. Mahinder Pratap Singh Inder Singh, Ghagga (International<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> Missionary), Dr. Sukhjit Kaur Gill (Human Rights Activist), Sukhdev<br />
Singh (<strong>Sikh</strong> Missionary College), Dr. Tarlochan Singh (Former Chairman,<br />
Sahibzada Jujhar Singh Miss. College), Giani Jagmohan Singh (Mata Sahib<br />
Kaur Miss. College), Prof. Joginder Singh (Gurmat Gian Miss. College),<br />
Prin. Surjit Singh (<strong>Sikh</strong> Missionary), Dalbir Singh (Ex. Correspondent),<br />
Bibi Jasbir Kaur (Akal Sahai Trust), Prin. Jasbir Singh (Sahibzada Jujhar<br />
Singh Miss. College), Harmit Singh (Delhi, Akal Sahai Trust), Er. Jagtar<br />
Singh Bhogal.<br />
Authenticated by: (Gurtej Singh)<br />
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JOGINDER SINGH’S RESPONSE TO VEDANTI<br />
Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, Head Minister<br />
Sri Akal Takhat Sahib, Golden Temple Complex,<br />
Amritsar (Punjab)<br />
Respected Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti Ji,<br />
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa. Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh.<br />
I have received your letter No. A: 3/03/3635 dated 22-12-<br />
2003. Although the language of the letter is quite<br />
provocative and there is no dearth of decrees pronouncing<br />
me as “guilty”, even before giving me a hearing, yet for two<br />
reasons, I touched my forehead with it as a mark of respect<br />
Firstly, because this letter has come to me from Sri Akal<br />
Takhat Sahib, the same Akal Takhat, which being the very<br />
symbol of <strong>Sikh</strong> Sovereignty, deserves to be respected by<br />
every upright <strong>Sikh</strong>. Although for sometime past, its<br />
“Mukh Sewadars” (Head ministers) have left no stone<br />
unturned to denigrate the Takhat, yet those wedded to the<br />
idea of <strong>Sikh</strong>s' sovereign status, as for example, myself, even<br />
today see the Akal Takhat as distinct from its “Sewadars”<br />
(servants) and consider it a matter of honor to be committed<br />
to it.<br />
Secondly, you have summoned me to appear at Akal Takhat<br />
“on behalf of the Guru Panth.” This has been our principle<br />
demand from the very beginning that as ordained by the<br />
Guru, only the Guru Panth can issue any command from the<br />
Akal Takhat and not its “Sewadars.” But you have not<br />
stated anything about when and how the Guru Panth<br />
took a decision to summon me. <strong>The</strong> Guru-Panth manifests<br />
its will through “Gurmata” which cannot be adopted until<br />
all the parties to a dispute sit together along with the<br />
representatives of all Panthic organizations and after holding<br />
free and frank discussion, arrive at a consensus. I am not<br />
stating this on my own, but this is what is written in the<br />
Panth-approved “rehat maryada” also. It is hoped that before<br />
summoning me on behalf of the Guru Panth, you will oblige<br />
me by supplying the above-mentioned information about the<br />
“Gurmata” adopted by the Guru Panth, at the earliest.<br />
You wrote that you have received complaints against<br />
me. In this connection, you have referred to a few articles<br />
that had appeared in the Spokesman’s September through<br />
November 2003 issues. After receiving your letter, I have<br />
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re-read all the relevant articles. All these articles are fine<br />
examples of Panth's glory and raise the prestige of the <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
Panth, and I fail to understand what is objectionable about<br />
them. <strong>The</strong> Spokesman is the largest-selling <strong>Sikh</strong> magazine<br />
and even our opponents relish going through its contents.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no corner of the world where this paper does not<br />
have its subscribers. Had something objectionable really been<br />
there in the articles referred to by you, the <strong>Sikh</strong>s would have<br />
certainly voiced their objections. But till today, we have not<br />
received even a single complaint with regard to these articles.<br />
It is prudent that I request you to supply me the original<br />
complaints or their photo copies so that I may ascertain these<br />
documents and refute the allegations made. As you should<br />
know that the complaints can be bogus. I shall duly reply<br />
once the documents are made available to me. <strong>The</strong><br />
complaint of the Dharam Parchar Committee was duly<br />
responded to on October 15, 2003, and Spokesman’s<br />
November 2003 issue reprinted that reply. You must have<br />
read that as well as the challenge to SGPC to constitute a<br />
panel of independent judges to examine the issues raised<br />
here.<br />
You will find that many of the allegations leveled<br />
against me in your letter stand rebutted. So far as the<br />
“Salahkar Board” (Advisory Board) and its aftermath are<br />
concerned, please read the January 2004 issue of the<br />
Spokesman.<br />
Having said all that: My final reply shall be<br />
submitted only after the receipt of copies of the<br />
complaints and your replies to the points brought forth<br />
hereunder. I would certainly like to put forward a few<br />
important points, which can prove helpful in defusing this<br />
issue. From the telephonic messages I have received so far<br />
form all over the world, it appears that besides the <strong>Sikh</strong>s,<br />
even non-<strong>Sikh</strong>s are showing deep interest in this matter and<br />
want to know how the religious heads of world's most<br />
modern religion mistreat the editor of the most popular <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
magazine. <strong>The</strong> following are the points for your<br />
consideration:<br />
1. A newspaper editor does not bring out a paper to express<br />
his own views only. Rather, by acquainting the readers with<br />
the views of all the parties, he tries to add to their knowledge.<br />
If a particular view is not liked or is considered faulty, the<br />
reader responds to the editor. A paper is only a means to<br />
bring forth conflicting views at one place. That is why,<br />
complaints with regard to any writing are first made to the<br />
editor and he is asked to rectify the error, which the editor<br />
usually does undertake if it is found to have validity. Where<br />
is the avenue open and justified when the editor is asked to<br />
appear in person and offer clarifications to religious<br />
authorities I have been told that Pope and Khomeini not<br />
excluding, even the all-powerful Mullahs in Islamic countries<br />
too had complaints of a very serious nature against<br />
newspaper editors but no editor had ever been summoned by<br />
them to appear personally and offer clarifications. Can you<br />
cite an example when an editor was made to appear in<br />
person, before the clergy, in any part of the world and was<br />
asked to offer clarifications All the democratic<br />
institutions regard the freedom of Press as an integral<br />
part; regrettably I ask why those sitting at the Guru's<br />
“Takhats” wish to reverse the process By starting this<br />
new anti-<strong>Sikh</strong> tradition, will the “Sewadars” of Akal Takhat<br />
add to the glory of the Guru's Takhat or will lower its<br />
reputation further<br />
2. I offer you the past case of Bhai Ranjit Singh. <strong>The</strong><br />
Spokesman came out with reservations about the<br />
“hukamnamas” (edicts) issued by the Jathedar first time<br />
when Bhai Ranjit Singh had issued a number of them.<br />
Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba (editor of the “Sant Sipahi”<br />
now), wrote to Bhai Ranjit Singh that Spokesman’s editor be<br />
summoned at Akal Takhat and action taken against him<br />
because he had thrown a challenge to the authority of the<br />
“Jathedar.” Bhai Ranjit Singh was wise enough to forward<br />
Lamba's letter to me. This was the right mode of dealing<br />
with a complaint received against the paper. A radically<br />
different course adopted by you is not expected from a<br />
fellow <strong>Sikh</strong>.<br />
3. It is a fact that before sending the letter to me, you had<br />
released it to the Press. Why Are you going for justice or<br />
using your status to defame a person Making use of this<br />
same methodology, Indira Gandhi had tarnished the image<br />
of the <strong>Sikh</strong>s so much that later when she unleashed her rein<br />
of terror against them, no one raised a voice in their support.<br />
Politicians have no doubt been employing these tactics, but<br />
when persons sitting on seat of Akal Takhat behave in this<br />
manner, how will it impact on our future course of <strong>Sikh</strong>i<br />
4. In your letter, you pronounced me guilty of having<br />
committed many sins and released the letter to the press<br />
before I could receive it. Besides this, at least in three press<br />
statements (both before and after the 26th October World<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> Convention) you have pronounced the verdict that the<br />
Spokesman is an anti-Panthic paper. Do you think that even<br />
in these circumstances, it will be wrong to view your<br />
impartiality with suspicion Rumor has it that you have sent<br />
this letter to me after receiving instructions from Parkash<br />
Singh Badal. Is it true<br />
5. Seeing the manner in which Khalsa Panchayat's peaceful<br />
and unarmed workers were beaten and beleaguered by<br />
SGPC's musclemen in Darbar Sahib complex (you too had<br />
supported this action) on February 22 nd (2003) and the<br />
threats of causing bloodshed were given so as to scuttle the<br />
World <strong>Sikh</strong> Convention, do you think you can guarantee<br />
personal safety of a person who had been criticizing the<br />
SGPC, the Akali Dal and some of your own past actions<br />
6. Your double standards are obvious in the controversy of<br />
“Dasam Granth”. In our view, propagation of “Dasam<br />
Granth” is tantamount to showing disrespect to Guru<br />
Gobind Singh. Yet you have allowed Baba Virsa Singh to<br />
create a website on ‘Dasam Granth’, Khushwant Singh to<br />
write articles in favour of it, Takhat Patna Sahib’s Head<br />
Granthi Giani Iqbal Singh to call it ‘Perfect Guru’ with<br />
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impunity Recently Dr. Jasbir Singh Mann of USA delivered a<br />
lecture on ‘Dasam Granth’ on 8 th of December (2003) at<br />
Amritsar. Bibi Kiranjot Kaur, S. Waryam Singh, Secretary<br />
Dharam Parchar Committee and yyyour PA, S. Prithi were in<br />
the audience. Not one of them pointed out your ban on the<br />
subject. Did they know that your ban is to be enforced in an<br />
arbitray manner<br />
7. <strong>The</strong> Spokesman is <strong>Sikh</strong> Panth's 53-year old institution,<br />
which was founded by S. Hukam Singh in 1951. During the<br />
last ten years, its new management has brought forth its<br />
Panthic character in a rather more pronounced manner and at<br />
present, it has become the most popular paper among the<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s both in India and abroad. If you have any grievance<br />
against this paper, it should be expressed by keeping its<br />
prestige and position in view. <strong>The</strong> language used in your<br />
letter and the way it has been released to the press before<br />
sending it to the Spokesman show that you have scant regard<br />
for great Panthic institution. We, in the Spokesman, have<br />
always tried our level best to see that in spite of our<br />
differences, no damage should be caused to the prestige of<br />
any Panthic institution. For sake of brevity I will mention<br />
only three examples:<br />
(a) You remember that you yourself had rung me up to say<br />
that we should not write anything about the Dhanwant Singh<br />
affair in the Spokesman. When you repeatedly said to me<br />
these words, “I request you with folded hands,” I gave my<br />
word, even though your demand did not appear justified, that<br />
we would not write anything until the matter was finally<br />
disposed of by you. For more than a year, we withheld our<br />
pen--only to uphold the prestige of the institution.<br />
(b) In October, 2003, when the Dharam Parchar Committee<br />
passed a resolution against the Spokesman, its Board of<br />
Directors decided unanimously that a defamation suit be<br />
filed against the SGPC and the Dharam Parchar Committee<br />
members, but I got this decision stalled by pleading that if the<br />
SGPC people refrain from taking any wrong step thereafter,<br />
the great Panthic institution should not be put in the dock for<br />
the first case of high handedness.<br />
(c) A delegation of some <strong>Sikh</strong>s came to the Spokesman’s<br />
office to inform us that since what you have written in the<br />
preface to the “Gurbilas Patshahi-6” provides<br />
encouragement to blasphemy, they were going to file a case<br />
against you for your abetment in insulting the Gurus and for<br />
that purpose they sought our help too. I told them that<br />
although I consider the publication of “Gurbilas Patshahi–<br />
6” and its praise by a Darbar Sahib Granthi as a crime<br />
against the Guru, yet I would not approve of the filing of a<br />
case in this connection because it would bring shame to a<br />
sacred institution.<br />
8. A <strong>Sikh</strong> religious head derives powers from three sources:<br />
Guru Granth Sahib, Gurdwara Act, and Panth-approved<br />
“Rehat Maryada.” <strong>The</strong>re is no provision of a “Jathedar” of<br />
Akal Takhat, nor any authority to declare oneself as<br />
“Jathedar” and start summoning <strong>Sikh</strong>s at the Akal Takhat,<br />
pronounce them “tankhahiyas' (guilty of religious<br />
misconduct) and excommunicate them from the Panth. Six<br />
prominent <strong>Sikh</strong>s of Chandigarh jointly wrote a letter to you<br />
requesting you to enlighten them about the source from<br />
which you had derived these powers. Narcissistically you<br />
and the SGPC President kept on threatening the six <strong>Sikh</strong>s,<br />
and have not replied them till today.<br />
9. After waiting for more than six months, it was decided<br />
that honest and dedicated <strong>Sikh</strong>s, should be called upon to<br />
assist us in finding answers to the above questions in the<br />
light of Gurmat. Thus the World <strong>Sikh</strong> Convention was held<br />
at Mohali on October 26, 2003.You, the SGPC and its sister<br />
organizations called upon the <strong>Sikh</strong>s to boycott the<br />
convention. <strong>The</strong>n threats were issued: organizers would be<br />
killed, bloodshed would be caused and “come what may, the<br />
Convention would not be allowed to be held.” <strong>The</strong><br />
gurdwaras were directed not to provide space for holding<br />
the Convention. When private parties agreed to rent out<br />
accommodation, they too were threatened and the central<br />
Home Minister was made to force an MP to go back on his<br />
establishment's commitment. At last, twelve hours before<br />
the Convention was scheduled to start, the High court issued<br />
directions to the Police and the administration that not only<br />
the Convention be allowed but also law and order<br />
maintained. Despite adverse circumstances, large number of<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s poured in from every state in the country and each<br />
district of Punjab, besides from fourteen other countries.<br />
Ninety per cent of the attendees consisted of “Amritdharis.”<br />
<strong>The</strong>se <strong>Sikh</strong>s, both men and women, held serious<br />
deliberations for eight long hours, and endorsed the views of<br />
the organizers unanimously. This convention gave a lie to<br />
the SGPC’s contention that old fashioned ‘Sarbat Khalsa’<br />
cannot be held under today’s circumstances.<br />
10. Why I alone have been summoned Why not all the<br />
convention organizers You and the SGPC bosses are either<br />
very much chagrined at the success of the October<br />
convention or wish to stop the onward march of the<br />
Spokesman.<br />
11. Regarding the objections raised by you that have<br />
appeared in the Spokesman, I emphatically state that if even<br />
a single writing of the Spokesman is proved to be violation<br />
of Gurmat, I will resign as its chief editor. We make every<br />
effort to ensure that not a single word should appear in the<br />
Spokesman, which is contrary to Gurmat. And Gurmat is<br />
what is recorded in Guru Granth Sahib, and not in “Dasam<br />
Granth” and “Gurbilash Patshahi – 6.” Secondly, we have<br />
taken up the challenge of completing the unfinished task of<br />
the “Gurmat-Lehar” initiated by Prof. Gurmukh Singh and<br />
Giani Dit Singh, which was abandoned half-way by the<br />
politicians who succeeded them. At the time when Prof.<br />
Gurmukh Singh and Giani Dit Singh embarked on this task,<br />
they too were accused of being Panth's enemies by the<br />
“Pujaris” (priests) and those controlling the gurdwaras. Is it<br />
necessary to repeat that history or should we learn lesson<br />
from it<br />
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12. <strong>Sikh</strong>ism is a religion in which discussion or exchange of<br />
views is all-important. It is not a religion of those who are<br />
bigoted or practice blind faith. Rather, it is a religion of those<br />
who revolt against blind faith. It is not a religion of those<br />
who follow antiquated practices or traditions, but of those<br />
who reject old practices by testing them on the touchstone of<br />
Gurmat. Secondly, even the leaders of stone-age religions<br />
have changed greatly with the passage of time. But the<br />
“Granthis” and leaders of our most modern religion,<br />
sometimes behave in such a manner that it looks as if they<br />
were living in the stone age and are representing an outdated<br />
religion. People have realized that in the realm of religion,<br />
creating hurdles in the way of discussion and exchange of<br />
views ultimately proves to be harmful to the religion itself.<br />
<strong>The</strong>refore, it is my request that needless fruitless faultfinding<br />
should not be encouraged: It will bring great harm to<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism.<br />
13. At present, the RSS wants that the “Granthis” appointed<br />
by the politicians should be made to appear so powerful and<br />
“supreme” in the name of Akal Takhat, that every command<br />
of theirs should be taken by the <strong>Sikh</strong>s as a “Divine edict” so<br />
as to enable the RSS make some future “Jathedar” declare<br />
that the <strong>Sikh</strong>s are a part of Hinduism and even Lord Vishnu<br />
ought to be worshipped at Sri Darbar Sahib, because<br />
“Gurbilas Patshahi – 6” supports that claim. Already, a<br />
Jathedar has described the <strong>Sikh</strong>s as the progeny of “Luv and<br />
Kush,” and you yourself have added another insult by stating<br />
“Gurbilas Patshahi – 6” as a gift to the <strong>Sikh</strong>s and advocated<br />
its recitation in gurdwaras. <strong>The</strong> future looks grim and subject<br />
to more manipulations. You can see why we harbor serious<br />
questions about you and your abilities.<br />
Summing up: I am committed to offering clarifications<br />
about each and every complaint sent by you. All I need are<br />
the documents in original or their copies. Secondly, under no<br />
circumstances, are we prepared to bargain the freedom of<br />
the press. I can give up the vocation of journalism but will<br />
never compromise on vital question of freedom of the press.<br />
Thirdly, the manner in which the Guru Panth had given a<br />
clear verdict on Gurmat ideology, by braving threats and<br />
crossing hurdles put in its path in an unprecedented manner, I<br />
will never go against it. Fourthly, following in the footsteps<br />
of Prof. Gurmukh Singh and Giani Dit Singh, I will certainly<br />
wage a struggle to raise the flag of Gurmat to rid our<br />
gurdwaras of the Hindu practices that have crept into them.<br />
Guru Gobind Singh had bequeathed Guruship to the Guru<br />
Granth and the Guru Panth only. My request to you is that<br />
you should also give recognition to the verdict of the Guru<br />
Panth. You should make every effort to forge unity in the<br />
Panth. Entrust the entire issue to independent Panthic<br />
thinkers and ask them to make recommendations on how the<br />
entire Panth can remain ideologically united. It is hoped that<br />
you will consider this request because it is in the interest of<br />
the Panth itself. If I have done anything against the Guru's<br />
commands, I should be told as to where I have erred. But if I<br />
am only advocating compliance with the Guru's edicts, I hope<br />
that Akal Takhat Sewadars will stand by me, will ensure the<br />
unity and supremacy of the Guru Panth.<br />
You have described the Spokesman as “my paper” in your<br />
letter. Please note that this magazine is owned by JPC Ltd.,<br />
which has thousands of shareholders, who assemble every<br />
year and elect their Board of Directors, who alone can<br />
formulate the policies of the Spokesman. You have fixed<br />
January 7 (2004) as the date for submitting clarifications.<br />
<strong>The</strong> time for fixing the date will arrive after you<br />
acknowledge the letter of December 27, 2002, and with the<br />
help of experts, attend to the questions raised by the writers<br />
of that letter, besides those raised by me in this letter.<br />
Ours is not a religion of deaf and dumb people and<br />
there is a strong tradition of questioning. I advise you to<br />
attend to the questions raised by the Guru-Panth, in the 26th<br />
October (2003) World <strong>Sikh</strong> Convention. I am sure that once<br />
you give a serious thought to the whole issue in the light of<br />
Gurmat philosophy, you will no longer feel the necessity of<br />
summoning any <strong>Sikh</strong>, nor issuing any “edict” and will rather<br />
start helping the <strong>Sikh</strong>s take their own decisions by sitting<br />
together in Sarbat Khalsa gatherings. It is for this purpose<br />
only that the institution of “Jathedar” of the <strong>Sikh</strong>s had been<br />
created and certainly not to follow the Muslim practice of<br />
summoning the people and issuing “fatwas” and Hindu<br />
practice of excommunicating them. <strong>The</strong> next convention, to<br />
be held in 2004, will clear the position further especially on<br />
a question related to the basic postulates of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism and it is<br />
my request that instead of dealing with people on individual<br />
basis, all decisions should be taken as per the provisions of<br />
Panth-approved “<strong>Sikh</strong> Reht Maryada” only, and the name of<br />
“Akal Takhat” should not make one arrogant vis-a-vis the<br />
Guru Panth. You are also answerable to the Guru Panth.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no post or position in <strong>Sikh</strong>ism, the incumbent of<br />
which can claim that he or she is not answerable to the Guru<br />
Panth. <strong>The</strong>refore, your thinking that because the politicians<br />
have appointed you as “sewadar” of the Akal Takhat, every<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> is answerable to you but you yourself are answerable<br />
to none.<br />
Joginder Singh, Chief Editor, Spokesman<br />
[<strong>The</strong> text has been summarized for want of space without losing the thrust<br />
of S. Joginder Singh’s response. ED.]<br />
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EXCOMMUNICATION OF KALA AFGHANA<br />
Dr Jodh Singh, NY<br />
Dear Dr. Kharak Singh Sahib,<br />
Guru Fateh!<br />
Attached please note a copy of my views on the article in<br />
Gurmat Praksh, about Excommunication of Kala Afghana<br />
I have not seen any facts in these lengthy verbose articles<br />
other than countless names of institutions and people for<br />
and against S. Kala Afghana. What are the facts And where<br />
are they All I read is inflammatory threatening statements<br />
about the supremacy of Akal Takhat. No <strong>Sikh</strong> has ever<br />
challenged or denied the supremacy of Akal Takhat.<br />
<strong>The</strong> crux of the problem, as you know it very well,<br />
is the Jathedar Akal Takhat: Bhai Joginder Singh<br />
Sandhu (Vedanti). He wanted to display and establish<br />
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his vedantachariatta. In collaboration with Principal Amarjit<br />
Singh, he editorialized Gurbilas patshai chhevi. Countless<br />
celebrities were maneuvered to write laudatory comments<br />
and SGPC printed the book. On inquiry, one of those<br />
celebrities, whose comments were published, denied having<br />
written those. This bespeaks honesty and truthfulness of<br />
Vedanti Sahib. He never missed any gainful chance of<br />
meeting hypocrite saints in Chicago or paying his obeisance<br />
to his holiness, the Pope in Vatican, so that his pictures could<br />
be displayed on broadcast and print media. But he could not<br />
spare a few moments to speak with GSKA. Fortunately,<br />
after squandering SGPC funds on the book, Gurbilas patshai<br />
chhevi, SGPC withdrew it. However, Vedanti Ji has not<br />
missed any opportunity or chance of castigating ruthlessly<br />
those who exposed his book, its falsehood and intellectual<br />
dishonesty. In his arrogance, anger and vengeance, Vedanti Ji<br />
maneuvered <strong>Sikh</strong> Scholars to recommend GSKA’s<br />
excommunication.<br />
Unfortunately, <strong>Sikh</strong> scholars have not done their<br />
homework adequately and they failed to investigate the<br />
questionable books and the author completely. If they did,<br />
they did not report the so-called facts. What disgraceful<br />
conspiracy has been hatched to damage the principles of Akal<br />
Takhat I do not understand. If Akal Takhat has any<br />
principles, it is not mentioned anywhere in the scriptures.<br />
Again, you are harping on the same string. It is baseless<br />
allegation that any body has attacked the fundamental<br />
principle of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism. It is the same old rotten slogan, Panth<br />
is in danger that we have been hearing since 1951. And now,<br />
it is attack on the fundamental principle of <strong>Sikh</strong>ism<br />
After excommunicating Kala Afghan, you are accusing us as<br />
his collaborators. hux is`K pMQ qy ivdvqw dw ByK Dwr ky Awx<br />
cVHy s. kwlw APgwnw Aqy aus dy kuJ ku sihXogIAW v`loN sRI<br />
Akwl q^q swihb dy isDWq nUM Fwh lwaux dIAW koJIAW swzSW<br />
kIqIAW jw rhIAW hn[ ies nvyN hmlwvr vrg nUM aunHW v`loN<br />
is`K Drm dy buinAwdI isDWqW qy kIqy jw rhy hmilAW dw sucyq<br />
rUp ivc pqw sI[ aunHW nUM ies g`l dw AMdwzw sI ik swfy<br />
kwirAW nUM T`lH sRI Akwl q^q swihb qoN hI pvygI[<br />
Keep on giving threats. One wonders as to what Akal<br />
Takhat, nine feet tall brick & stone structure, has to do with<br />
Dasam Granth <strong>The</strong>re is no mention of Akal Takhat in it.<br />
Sahib Siri Guru Gobind Singh Ji never visited Akal Takhat.<br />
GSKA did not write a word, negative or otherwise, about<br />
Akal Takhat. We are not with GSKA, because we do not<br />
have any interests of favors or fear from him, we want the<br />
truth, unlike the honorable Committee members whose jobs,<br />
pelf, positions and publications, visits to America and Europe<br />
maybe dependent on SGPC, universities and Government of<br />
Akali-BJP at stake.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Committee members (M/s Balwant Singh Dhillon,<br />
Darshan Singh, Kharak Singh Maan, Giani Gurdit Singh. and<br />
Joginder S. Talwara) took the responsibility to study the<br />
matter in depth, fair and just and submit its report. <strong>The</strong>y did<br />
not meet with GSKA and those who had read his books and<br />
had met with him, e.g., Professor Gurtej Singh or Dr.<br />
Baldev Singh from Pennsylvania, Bhai Hardev Singh<br />
Shergill of California or Bhai Jagtar Singh Jachak from NY<br />
or Principal Surjit Singh of Delhi or even the down-trodden<br />
undersigned. Honorable members! May I know as to why<br />
you did not meet with any of them Believe me, we are<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s and our bodies, possessions and souls belong to<br />
AGGS.<br />
SGPC thought of Gurtej Singh as an exceptional<br />
scholar and besrowed the title, National Professor of<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>ism, on him. He was more than willing to talk and<br />
explain. Wasn’t he your associate at IOSS He had read the<br />
books thoroughly and even wrote preface on one of them. I<br />
do not know him personally, never met him.<br />
Let us talk about Dasam Granth and the undersigned.<br />
Dr. Kartar Singh of Bari inspired me to acquire a copy of<br />
it in 1972. I have been studying it ever since. When I read<br />
Mela Gopal Mohan fable I was stunned. Did Guru Gobind<br />
Singh write this Sant Virsa Singh of Mehroli, professor<br />
Piara Singh Padam, Dharam pal Ashta, Dr. Mahhep<br />
Singh and countless others believe that each and every word<br />
of DG is by GGS. Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji is<br />
accused of ordering his <strong>Sikh</strong>s to rob turbans from the<br />
visitors by kicking them in the butt, who were sitting to<br />
urinate. ‘Pick up the turban and run, wash and clean it, to<br />
get ready for initiation of new <strong>Sikh</strong>s tomorrow.’ Kala<br />
afghana was an ordinary policeman in 1972. He had no idea<br />
of DG. Dr. Kharak Singh Ji, you gave me a small booklet<br />
by late S. Jagjit Singh about DG when I visited you first<br />
time many years ago. I have been collecting anything and<br />
every thing about DG, even before I had heard the name of<br />
GSKA. It just so happened that GSKA and I were on the<br />
same wavelength.<br />
Less than three years ago, my patient, late Bhai<br />
Harbhajan Singh Ji (a student of Bhai Sahib Singh and<br />
teacher of Professor Manjit Singh), one of the rare learned<br />
Granthis, advised me to read Kala Afghana’s books. I<br />
acquired them and read them many times over and<br />
encouraged many others to read them.<br />
Finally, last year I invited GSKA to NY, met with<br />
him one to one for three days at my humble hut. I found<br />
him selfless, sincere, knowledgeable, dedicated, Five-<br />
Kakar-Dhari Gursikh. He is an ectomorph, six feet plus<br />
tall yet humble, conscientious and hard working in spite of<br />
his advancing years and feeble general health. His wife is<br />
far sicker than he is and he has to assist her physically.<br />
Let me state it categorically, GSKA has poor general<br />
health being old and chronically ill, takes multiple<br />
medications. His wife is seriously ill with heart disease and<br />
he takes care of her. He had trepidations to go to India<br />
because having been a cop himself he knew what treatment<br />
he will receive from Akali-supported BJP government. (Ask<br />
Harsimran Singh Mann, former IPS, how mercilessly<br />
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brutally he was tortured by the Indian police, being young<br />
and energetic, he did survive. (His father told us the details in<br />
Brookville, NY). GSKA was almost sure that he would have<br />
died in India either in police custody or jail or murdered by a<br />
hired gun. This is the realty. As you know it very well that he<br />
is not related to me. We owe each other nothing. I only<br />
support his views and writings. <strong>The</strong>re may be a few<br />
objectionable words here and there in the series of his books.<br />
I have copies of the letters with objectionable and<br />
abusive language to GSKA from Bihari-Lawyer G.S.<br />
Lamba, Professor Jodh Singh, late Prof. P.S. Padam and<br />
Mr. Kirpal Singh, Chief Sewadar of Sant Versa Singh Ji.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is only one letter of appreciation from Jathedar<br />
Kewal Singh of Damdama Sahib.<br />
<strong>The</strong> only evidence, you gave, in support of your<br />
recommendations is the number of people sending you their<br />
signatures and addresses. Have you done any investigation to<br />
find out how many of these have had a chance to see or read<br />
books, by Kala Afgana It seems like a sheep walk. Let me<br />
illustrate.<br />
One evening, two buses packed with folks from Sant<br />
Sagar came to attack Granthi Jagtar Singh Jachak at<br />
Gurdwara, Glen Cove, NY. Granthi Jagtar Singh (formerly at<br />
Duarbar Sahib) had visited with GSKA in British Columbia,<br />
Canada, agreed with and supported GSKA’s views. <strong>The</strong><br />
boisterous, unruly, dango-crats demanded from the<br />
management (weaker sect of the educated <strong>Sikh</strong>s from cities<br />
of India) to fire Granthi JSJ immediately or face the<br />
consequences. And they were ready for the drastic action<br />
against the Gurdwara and the Granthi. Somehow, the<br />
administrator with his shrewd-salesmanship saved the<br />
situation by begging apologies and issuing a stern warning to<br />
Bhai Jagtar Singh to publically dissociate with Kala Afghana.<br />
And he complied with it. *<br />
Subsequently, on a casual inquiry, it turned out that the<br />
majority of this sangat had not read a line from GSKA books.<br />
Because, they were poorly schooled masses from my rural<br />
Punjab, had no capacity, time or talent to do so. <strong>The</strong>y were<br />
simply misled by a rival granthi who had spoken to Bhai<br />
Jagtar Singh on telephone a few days earlier. Some body<br />
spread the rumor that Bhai Jagtar Singh is condemning and<br />
rejecting Amrit sanchar.<br />
Let me address, you, the honorable Committee of<br />
scholars. I have met with some of you. Dr. Kharak Singh Ji,<br />
I was disappointed that, you being the most erudite<br />
scholar should have done a better Job. I had only a<br />
glimpse of Dr. Darshan Singh when he came to NY with<br />
Acting J.A.T. Professor Manjit Singh. I have met Prof.<br />
Balwant Singh Dhillon in NY. He could have done a more<br />
detailed investigation. I have not met Giani Gurdit Singh Ji or<br />
Bhai Joginder Singh Talwara. But, Professor Manjit Singh<br />
spoke very high about Talwara Ji, as a precedence of <strong>Sikh</strong>i,<br />
he could have been fair and just. I do appreciate his feelings<br />
about GSKA; he has criticized Talwara ji’s book, ‘Ten Kion<br />
Murghi Mari’.<br />
History will record monumental decisions.<br />
Excommunications must not be taken lightly. Make no<br />
mistake; more people are reading books by GSKA and<br />
Dasam Granth Darpan by late Giani Bhag Singh. You may<br />
like to remind me that ATJ, Late Sadhu Singh Bhaura<br />
excommunicated Giani Bhag Singh Ambalvi. Sant Singh<br />
Masqeen did most of the maneuvering through his<br />
friendship with late Singh Sahib Giani Chet Singh Ji in this<br />
accomplishment. Kindly read the book by Professor Ude<br />
Singh Ji of Canada (one of KA’s critics) and you will find<br />
how Mahan is Masqeen<br />
In America, there is no ban on free speech. Ours is a<br />
modern scientific religion and is spreading across the world.<br />
GSKA and Bhag Singh’s books will soon be translated in<br />
other languages for a wider discriminating reader. And<br />
many more erudite <strong>Sikh</strong> scholars will write books on<br />
authenticity of Dasam Granth. With your sword of<br />
Damocles, excommunications, you may repress, suppress or<br />
scare a few of us and hurt <strong>Sikh</strong>ism irreparably but the<br />
movement of Truth shall reign supreme. ‘Koorh Nikhote<br />
Nanka, ohrhak sach rahi!’ May I seek your forgiveness if I<br />
sounded too blunt Respectfully,<br />
Dr Jodh Singh, NY, xjsa@aol.com<br />
[*See <strong>Sikh</strong> <strong>Bulletin</strong> June 2002 pp.1- 4. ED]<br />
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ABUSES ASSOCIATED WITH<br />
EXCOMMUNICATION<br />
Edith Piaf the famous French singer was denied burial rights<br />
by the Catholic Church because she was born to a prostitute!<br />
Outpouring of hundreds of thousands Le Parisiens on<br />
Champs Elysse joined her funeral procession and<br />
condemned the scandalous attitude of the church. By<br />
coincidence another famous Parisian<br />
writer/poet/philosopher, Jean Cocteau, also died on the same<br />
day and was granted full burial rights. French public and<br />
media ridiculed and lambasted the church for extending full<br />
honours to a homosexual. Only a small coterie of friends<br />
joined Cocteau's funeral. <strong>The</strong> Church had abused its<br />
authority.<br />
I am not sure if Akal Takhat (AT) has an equivalent<br />
of an Ecclesiastical court for enforcing discipline or<br />
excommunicating fellow-<strong>Sikh</strong>s! Since the rules of Rehat<br />
Maryada, unfortunately, are not universally accepted, the<br />
chain of command and lines of communication between AT<br />
and <strong>Sikh</strong> masses in India and diaspora, are either blurred or<br />
non-existent, perhaps "the twain shall not meet." Most of the<br />
time, edicts, like sanctions and Coventry treatment, are<br />
ineffective, counter-productive and meaningless. As a<br />
universal and an egalitarian religion, <strong>Sikh</strong>ism cannot justify<br />
abuses laced with edicts or the excommunication process.<br />
Kala Afghana and his works (regardless of his<br />
domicile, station in life or age) became more popular after<br />
his excommunication. His silence has generated more<br />
sympathy than condemnation. Works of authors, editors,<br />
journalists, artists and scholars can be challenged in kind,<br />
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but they cannot be denied freedom of expression. AT should<br />
not allow itself to be perceived as ' thought police' created<br />
specifically to manipulate certain insidious agendas. <strong>The</strong>re is<br />
abundance of <strong>Sikh</strong> scholars to debate controversial issues<br />
raised by Kala Afgana and others. Respected Jathedars must<br />
demonstrate fair play and respect freedom of speech, viz,<br />
expression.<br />
Dr. Chahal Ji rightly observed, "<strong>The</strong>re is no system of<br />
excommunication of any <strong>Sikh</strong> in Gurbani." Mrs A. Singh<br />
Ji reaffirmed this further, "No one can excommunicate any<br />
believer of AGGS." Dr. Jodh Singh of New York wrote,<br />
"You (AT) have threatened us all (significant proportion)<br />
with the same punishment if we continue to be associated<br />
with him (Afghana)." Dr. Jaspal Singh Mayell reflected, "I<br />
will not be surprised if one of us is also excommunicated in<br />
the near future." Dr Mayell posed an interesting question, "Is<br />
there any one who is in favour of excommunication of<br />
Joginder Singh or any other <strong>Sikh</strong> by the <strong>Sikh</strong> religious<br />
managers" <strong>The</strong> jury is out! Tejpal S. Thind, Montreal. Canada<br />
*****<br />
MISUSE OF SGPC FUNDS<br />
Amritsar, January 9, 2004<br />
<strong>The</strong> Khalra Mission Committee (KMC) along with some<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> religious and social organisations today filed a petition<br />
before the <strong>Sikh</strong> Judicial Commission against nine persons<br />
including Mr Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani<br />
Akali Dal (SAD), Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar<br />
Akal Takht and Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, president,<br />
SGPC, allegedly for misusing SGPC funds.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y (petitioners) alleged that the nine alleged<br />
celebrated birthday of Mr Parkash Singh Badal on December<br />
8, 2003 using SGPC funds and its notified gurdwaras,<br />
causing loss of Rs five lakh which was against ‘<strong>Sikh</strong><br />
maryada’ (code of ethics) as only birthdays of <strong>Sikh</strong> Gurus<br />
were entitled to be celebrated from gurdwara funds. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
claimed that on the day of hearing of Mr Badal in a<br />
corruption case at Ropar, the Manager of Nadda Sahib<br />
Gurdwara in connivance with other respondents had provided<br />
free of cost meal to the SAD workers. <strong>The</strong>y alleged that it<br />
caused loss of Rs two lakh to the SGPC.<br />
On another count they said, Giani Puran Singh, head<br />
granthi, Golden Temple and Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti,<br />
Jathedar Akal Takht presented a siropa (a robe of honour) to<br />
Mr Badal on December 11, 2003 on his visit to the Golden<br />
Temple after release on bail in a corruption case in which he<br />
was chargesheeted which was against <strong>Sikh</strong> tenets. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
compared it with “the <strong>Sikh</strong>s giving siropa to General O’Dyer<br />
who had massacred Punjabis and <strong>Sikh</strong>s at Jallianwala Bagh<br />
in 1919.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y said that Mr Badal was instrumental in making<br />
Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, a known RSS<br />
worker, chairman of the Committee for celebrating 300-year<br />
anniversary celebration of Khalsa Panth. <strong>The</strong>y said now<br />
again Mr Badal had made Mr Vajpayee, Chairman of a<br />
committee constituted to celebrate the coming 400th<br />
Prakash Utsav of Siri Guru Granth Sahib.<br />
<strong>The</strong> petition has been filed under Section 142 of the<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> Gurdwara Act, 1925. <strong>The</strong> next date of hearing is on<br />
January 12. <strong>The</strong> five petitioners, include Mr Jasbir Singh,<br />
President, Ashutoshwad Virodhi Morcha, Mr Dalbir Singh,<br />
Patron KMC, Mr Harmandeep Singh, Chairman, KMC, Mr<br />
Joginder Singh, General Secretary, Gurmat Prachar Sabha<br />
and Mr Virsa Singh convener <strong>Sikh</strong> Jagriti Morcha.<br />
<strong>The</strong> other six persons against whom petition was filed<br />
are Mr Manjit Singh Calcutta, Honorary Secretary, and Mr<br />
Sukhdev Singh Bhaur, General Secretary of the SGPC,<br />
Giani Puran Singh, Head Grandhi, Golden Temple, the<br />
Managers of Darbar Sahib, Dukh Niwaran Sahib<br />
Gurdwara and Nadda Sahib Gurdwara.<br />
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NATIONHOOD NOT RELIGION!<br />
"<strong>Sikh</strong> Gurus never meant us to be a religion. <strong>The</strong>y meant us<br />
to be a full-fledged people, a nation, a PANTH - defined<br />
and driven by a comprehensive ethical human culture"<br />
Dear fellow <strong>Sikh</strong>s across the globe:<br />
I take this opportunity to briefly and respectfully share with<br />
you my potent concerns over the continued use and<br />
imposition of the term 'religion' and 'religious' on the <strong>Sikh</strong>s<br />
and their matters. Please read and consider the following<br />
substantive points and questions. <strong>The</strong>se invite careful<br />
thought and a response to key fundamental points.<br />
1. Firstly, the term 'religion' is a vague, stigmatized and<br />
legally UNDEFINED term! Both European, United<br />
Nations, British and other territorial laws refer to 'religion';<br />
but leave it undefined (certainly in European and British<br />
law). Even the recent European Union Directive<br />
establishing equali rights on grounds of sexual orientation,<br />
religion and philosophical thought; fails to define the critical<br />
point of what is 'religion'. This begs the question, what<br />
makes a group or community a 'religion' What are the<br />
qualifying factors Perhaps, our wise <strong>Sikh</strong>s could comment<br />
on this fundamental point In contrast, British law explicitly<br />
and comprehensively defines what an 'ETHNIC' group is.<br />
Indeed, this was done in 1983, in direct response to a<br />
landmark <strong>Sikh</strong> legal case (Mandla v Dowell Lee, 1983,<br />
House of Lords), to decide the question of whether <strong>Sikh</strong>s<br />
were merely a 'religious' group or a much wider<br />
and comprehensive social and cultural entity - ETHNIC. It<br />
was decided, on merits of their common language, history,<br />
sociology, social customs (including 'religious' and beyond)<br />
territorial commonality, community feeling, etc; that<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s were "more than just a religion". It was decided that<br />
they were a full-fledged ETHNIC community, and should<br />
be treated as such under public and private law!<br />
2. Why do <strong>Sikh</strong>s have a fixation with the term 'religion'<br />
Where is this term used in <strong>Sikh</strong> history or <strong>Sikh</strong> historic<br />
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or scriptural literature (e.g. rehatnamas, hukamnamas,<br />
gurbani) In case someone thinks 'dharam' means 'religion',<br />
they are sorely mistaken! Dharam is a much more fuller,<br />
substantive and wholesome term than 'religion'. 'Dharam'<br />
means a totalised and holistic lifestyle of righteous living<br />
(code of ethical conduct, philosophy of life, etc). It was<br />
used in this sense by the <strong>Sikh</strong> Founding Fathers (the 'Gurus').<br />
For example:<br />
"(Guru Nanak) gave a new code of conduct, as the high<br />
way of spiritual life. Thus, Guru Nanak restored to<br />
DHARMA, its lost feet. He blended all classes and creeds<br />
into one social order: the SIKHS. In this, he gave the<br />
lowliest social equality with the kings; and taught<br />
humility and dignified living to the world." Bhai Gurdaas,<br />
Var 1, 24<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> writers continue to confuse and misinterpret 'religion'<br />
and 'Dharam' as the same things (much like the term<br />
'Khaalsa' meaning the 'pure'). 'Dharam' is higher than the<br />
confines of institutionalised 'religion' (e.g. Catholicism,<br />
Protestantism). It is about human society and its<br />
wholescale ethical functionality. <strong>The</strong> authentic Khaalsa<br />
culture, society and people are a dharamic nation and<br />
civilisation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Sikh</strong> Gurus never meant us to be a religion. <strong>The</strong>y meant<br />
us to be a full-fledged people, a nation, a PANTH -<br />
defined and driven by a comprehensive ethical human<br />
culture ('a network of ideas, values and customs which<br />
define the behaviour of a society').<br />
3. <strong>The</strong> term religion was first brought to the <strong>Sikh</strong>s by the<br />
British colonialists, in the 19th century during their<br />
conquest of Panjaab. British officialdom began to describe<br />
the <strong>Sikh</strong>s as a 'religion'. <strong>The</strong> British used various disjointed<br />
and half-baked descriptions about the <strong>Sikh</strong>s - their lifestyle,<br />
their ethics and collective community. For example, the<br />
'Khalsa' was frequently described as a 'military sect'. <strong>The</strong><br />
Darbar Sahib was described as a 'temple of worship'. Indeed,<br />
even today, the term 'temple' and 'place of worship' is<br />
routinely applied to gurdwaras. Moreover, the learned<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong>s have absorbed and imbibed these misdescriptions;<br />
and frequently use them themselves, pliantly. <strong>The</strong><br />
Gurdwara is neither a 'temple' nor a place of 'worship' (a<br />
English term for formal religious 'prayer' etc). In sum total,<br />
the <strong>Sikh</strong>s have blindly and pliantly accepted terminology<br />
superimposed by a conquering power! (highly reflective of<br />
the current subdued and pliant '<strong>Sikh</strong>' mental character, in<br />
contrast with the pre-1849 staunch Panjaabi - <strong>Sikh</strong>s who were<br />
annihilated by the invading British, much like the Scottish<br />
highland stalwarts).<br />
4. <strong>The</strong> term 'religion' comes with a great deal of negative<br />
and institutionalised baggage. <strong>The</strong> religious establishment<br />
throughout Europe, over previous centuries, and indeed, the<br />
current time; has been involved in great social and political<br />
controversies and scandals, and sanctioned aggressive wars<br />
by the prevaling imperialistic states. Religion is associated<br />
with institutional control, formalisms, ritual, tight and<br />
oppressive authority and officialdom. This is certainly not<br />
the substance of the Khaalsa philosophy, lifestyle or<br />
movement or peoplehood! Indeed, the exact opposite.<br />
5. Religious groups do not have rights in international<br />
law! <strong>The</strong> nearest thing to religious rights, is the right to<br />
freedom of thought and expression and freedom of 'religion',<br />
etc, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human<br />
Rights. Religious groups do not have any COLLECTIVE<br />
rights as a collective community, unlike ethnic-national<br />
groups, in international law. <strong>The</strong>re is no legal basis for<br />
self-determination for a 'religious minority' or a<br />
'religious community'. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Sikh</strong>s presenting themselves as<br />
a 'persecuted religious minority' in India, diverts massively<br />
and most fundamentally, from the correct principles of the<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> case - a nation undemocratically and oppressively<br />
colonialised and subjugated by a state (INDIA). It makes<br />
no intellectual sense for a 'religious' community to seek<br />
autonomy, self-determination or self-rule, merely<br />
because of their different style of worship, different<br />
prayers, different centres of worship. That is like,<br />
buddhists demanding territorial and political separation<br />
from christians. In contrast, a nation - a people who have<br />
a collective way of life and a collective society of their<br />
own, and seek to function and develop as a collective<br />
human unit - has much more comprehensive<br />
and overarching basis for self-existence and independent<br />
existence. A nation wishes to function as a full-fledged<br />
comprehensive society - social, political, civic and<br />
legislative; based on its cultural, social and spiritial<br />
substance and values - customs, heritage, codes, norms. This<br />
is why the Khaalsa civilisation decidely qualifies as a<br />
nation more than as a mere 'religion', much less a<br />
'religious minority'!<br />
<strong>The</strong> reduction of <strong>Sikh</strong>s to a 'religious' group, as against a<br />
ethnic group, is driven by the duplicitous and oppressive<br />
desire to deny the <strong>Sikh</strong>s their legal rights as a distinct<br />
and full-fledged people. Being a 'religion' gives <strong>Sikh</strong>s no<br />
legal strength or basis. Indeed, discussions by the <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
Commonwealth (London) with western governments'<br />
representatives and in the United Nations (New York) about<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> nationhood were often complicated and impeded by<br />
Indian pre-information, that <strong>Sikh</strong>s were only a 'religious'<br />
group.<br />
6. <strong>Sikh</strong>s says they are a 'nation', and claim national<br />
rights. How do they reconcile this with their constant and<br />
repititive self-description as a 'religious' group, seeking<br />
'religious rights and freedoms'<br />
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INVITATION FOR COMMENTS & FEEDBACK<br />
I hope that, we as a people can look to evaluating<br />
these important and searching fundamental questions We<br />
cannot chop and change from being 'religious' one moment<br />
to 'ethnic' and 'national' another moment. Consistency is<br />
necessary in intellectual argument and certainly in law -<br />
domestic and international. At the moment, the erratic<br />
chopping and changing, indicates a lack of clear thought<br />
and comprehension of the critical substance of the global<br />
issues facing the <strong>Sikh</strong> people both as a migrant<br />
population (in France, Britain, USA, Europe, etc) and as<br />
a non-state nation. <strong>The</strong>re is nothing worse and more selfdestructive<br />
than a confused mind.<br />
I would hope that the above earnest comments, will nurture<br />
healthy debate and discussion. Open responses from <strong>Sikh</strong><br />
organisations, like United <strong>Sikh</strong>s, British <strong>Sikh</strong> Federation and<br />
other leading <strong>Sikh</strong> bodies, are much welcomed.<br />
I would also advise <strong>Sikh</strong>s in France to present their issues<br />
of the dastaar ('turban'), as an issue of ethnic equality -<br />
the right to practise a distinct and progressive ethnic way<br />
of life. <strong>The</strong> 5ks - their ethical significance/symbolism and<br />
practical usage in day to day life - forms an integral part<br />
of the ETHNICITY of the <strong>Sikh</strong> people. Entrapping this<br />
into the swamp of 'religion' will create unnecessary<br />
complications, and further undermine the status of the<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> people as a people.<br />
Jagdeesh Singh, <strong>Sikh</strong> Commonwealth (London, England)<br />
<strong>Sikh</strong> Community Action Network (Slough, England)<br />
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sMpwdkI:<br />
[From Indian Edition of Jan. 04 <strong>Sikh</strong> <strong>Bulletin</strong>]<br />
BIKw bwq Agm kI, kihx suxn kI nWh<br />
jy bwrIkI nwl is`K pMQ dI hwlq v`l ingwh mwrIey qW eysdw rom-rom<br />
ZulwmI dIAW qMdW iv`c b`iJAw nzr Awvygw[ ieh ZulwmI bhup`KI hY<br />
Aqy qMdW dy AnykW rUp hn[ inrUpx qW kuJ ku qMdW dw hI ho skdw hY,<br />
pr Awm vwk&IAq Aqy ibbyk-bu`DI dI vrqoN qoN aupjy AnuBv dvwrw<br />
mihsUs swrIAW qMdW ƒ hI kIqw jw skdw hY[ jy AQwh SkqISwlI<br />
suqMqr mnuK ^wlsw, ijs ƒ gurU-hzUr ny ‘myrw rUp hY ^ws’ AwK ky<br />
vifAwieAw sI, dy sMklp ƒ AjokIAW nslW iv`c rUpmwn krnw hY, qW<br />
zrUrI hY ik swrIAW auhnW pRsiQqIAW dw igAwn hwsl kIqw jwvy ijnHW<br />
kwrx A`j ^wlsw Awpxy-Awp ƒ mzlUm mihsUs krdw hY[<br />
ie`kIvIN sdI iv`c, jdoN ik igAwn-pRwpqI dy somy Anyk hn, s`c dI<br />
prdwpoSI krn dy swDn vI Axigxq hn[ is`K pMQ dI shI siQqI ƒ<br />
s`c dI rOSnI iv`c inrKx-prKx iv`c v`fI AiV`cx ieh prdwpoSI hI<br />
hY[ dUsry mulkW dIAW l`crqw PYlwaux vwlIAW iPlmW Awid ƒ<br />
ihMdosqwn iv`c ivKwaux au~`qy qW kueI pwbMdI nhIN pr inrp`K qsvIr<br />
pyS kr skx dyy kwbl Cpx-swDnW (print media) au~qy bVI s^q<br />
pwbMdI hY[ eyQy EhI A^bwr Cp skdy hn ijhVy ik ‘smyN, sQwn Aqy<br />
fwiFAW dI loV’ Anuswr GVI Dwrnw ƒ s`c pRcwrn dI izMmyNvwrI inBw<br />
skx[<br />
is`KW Aqy pMjwb pRqI inrDwrq ‘rwmkwr’ dw izkr Asl hwlq ƒ<br />
smJx iv`c shweI hovygw[<br />
26 AkqUbr 2003 ƒ swihbzwdw AjIq isMG ngr (A`gy qoN sw.A.isMG<br />
ngr) iv`c hoeI kOnPrMs qoN Bwrq dI iksmq dy Awpy vwrs bxy lokW<br />
ny AMdwzw lwieAw ik EQy aunHW q`qW bwry ivcwr-vtWdrw hoieAw hY jo<br />
ik is`KW dI shI hwlq ƒ aujwgr kr skx dy Xog hn[ qurMq F`kxmwhr<br />
hrkq iv`c Aw gey Aqy auhnW jo-jo F`kx GVy auhnW dw vyrvw<br />
smJ lYx nwl swƒ soJI ho jWdI hY ik ikvyN is`KW ƒ AwpxIAW<br />
sm`isAwvW pRqI fUMGy hnyry iv`c sdIvI qOr au~qy r`Kx dIAW ivauNqW<br />
bxIAW hoeIAW hn[<br />
iksy ƒ S`k hY ik hux is`K Awpxy nwl hoieAW D`ikAW dI g`l krngy[<br />
ieh naubq Awaux qoN pihlW pMjwbI itRibaUn ny id`lI vwly mhIp isMG<br />
dy do lyK bVI AihmIAq dy ky Cwpy[ pihly iv`c auh mohndws<br />
krmcMd gWDI ƒ is`KW dw v`fw ihqYSI sQwpq krdy hn[ ieh lyK<br />
keI vwr pihlW Cp cu`ikAw hY Aqy keI vwr eys dw juAwb eyhnW ƒ<br />
iml c`uikAw hY[ jwpdw hY ik ieh EnIN dyr SWq nhIN hoxgy ijMnIN dyr<br />
q`k k`tV is`K-ivroDI ƒ is`KW koloN is`K-ihqYSI mnvw nw lYx[ ieh<br />
eys leI ik is`KW dI isAwsI bdiksmqI dI khwxI eys S^s dy JUTy<br />
vwAidAW Aqy Es dI is`KW pRqI insMg ho ky zwhr kIqI n&rq qoN SuruU<br />
huMMdI hY ijs ƒ F`kx leI eys au~qy is`K- ihqYSI dw prdw pwauxw bhuq<br />
zrUrI hY[ [<br />
dUjw lyK ijs ƒ is`K h`kW dI Awvwz dI A`goN rokQwm krn dI mnSw<br />
nwl 14 dsMbr 2003 ƒ CwipAw igAw hY dw isrlyK hY, “is`KW dI<br />
v`KrI pCwx dw svwl”[ eys lyK iv`c “is`KW nwl ihMdUAW dI fUMGI<br />
sWJ” pRgt kIqI hY pr ieh nhIN d`isAw ik 1984 ’c sRI Akwl q^q<br />
swihb ƒ mlIAwmyt krn vyly jW id`lI dy is`K kqlyAwm vyly ieh<br />
sWJ ik`Qy lukI hoeI sI[ dUsrw eys dw mksd hY is`KW ƒ ihMdU d`sdI<br />
sMivDwn dI Dwrw ƒ jwiez d`s ky, BweI kwnH isMG nwBw qoN Zlq<br />
gvwhI pvw ky, is`KW ƒ nsIhq krnw ik “A`j swry sMswr iv`c<br />
nYSnYltI dw sbMD Drm nwloN tu`t cuikAw hY”[ ieh ikqy nhIN iliKAw<br />
ik is`K Ajy k`lH sMpUrn s`qwDwrI nySn sn; auh iks tUxy krky<br />
‘nySn’ hoxoN h`t gey nw hI ieh ikhw hY ik jdoN sYkUlr burkw pw ky<br />
kueI POjW cVHwaux, gurdvwry Fwhux, swD-sMq qy syvwdwr mwrn,<br />
kqlyAwm krn au~qy au~qr Awvy qW zwlm qy mzlUm donW ƒ ie`k nySn<br />
iks AwDuink sMklp ADIn AwiKAw jwvy AsIN pu`C skdy hW ik<br />
is`KW dy fUMGy ihq iv`c pRp`k sMklpW ƒ FwA lwaux leI hI ikauN<br />
mhIp isMG dI klm qVpdI rihMdI hY<br />
pr hr hwl iv`c is`KW ƒ BMfx dy mwhr kuldIp neIXr pihl kr ky<br />
Aqy nMgy-ic`ty hwl is`K DwrnwvW dw ivroD kr ky mhIp isMG qoN bwzI<br />
lY igAw hY[ Es ny Awpxy AjIq iv`c 5 nvMbr 2003 ƒ Cpy lyK iv`c<br />
is`Dw sw.A.isMG ngr iv`c hoeI knvYnSn dw izkr kIqw Aqy eys ƒ<br />
is`KW iv`c ‘k`tV’ rucIAW r`Kx vwilAW dI knvYnSn AwK ky ASWqI<br />
(ArQwq is`K kqlyAwm) dy idnW ƒ prq Awaux dw s`dw dyx vwlI<br />
AwiKAw[ bIby rwxy AkwlI AwgUAW dI r`j ky qwrI& kIqI jo sMivDwn<br />
dI Dwrw dI mnSw Anuswr is`KW dw ihMdU hoxW svIkwr cu`ky hn[ eys ny<br />
isr& Dwrimk msly ivcwrdI knvYnSn ƒ isAwsI haUAw drsw ky,<br />
kqlyAwm dw fr dy ky Drm bwry swrQk phuMc Apnwaux qoN is`KW ƒ<br />
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byh`d kur^q qrIky nwl vrijAw hY[ pr mW nwloN v`D hyj krn vwlI<br />
PPyku`txI dweI vWg cMgI KMf lpyt ky zihr dyx dI koiSS kIqI hY[<br />
AwpxI jwcy AjIq ny iF`lV is`KW ƒ im`Ty dI prq ivKw ky lyKk ƒ<br />
hmdrd prgt krn dI ksr nhIN rihx id`qI[<br />
KuSvMq isMG ie`k hor AYsw AwdmI hY ijs ny is`KW ƒ BMfx Aqy guMmrwh<br />
krn dw kueI vI mOkw h`QoN nhIN jwx id`qw[ Es ƒ AMgRyzI itRibaUn ny<br />
bINfI joV ilAw[ is`K BwvnwvW ƒ ijs bypRvwhI nwl ieh kuh skdw hY,<br />
Aqy is`K ieiqhws ƒ ijs sPweI nwl ieh pu`Tw gyV dy skdw hY, Es<br />
kuSlqw nwl qW ieh isrP jnwnIAW dw nK-iS`K vrxn hI kr skdw<br />
hY[ eys ny iqMn Aqy cwr nvMbr 2003 ƒ do lyK ilKy[ iehnW donW dw<br />
rlvW Bwv hY ik is`K AwpxIAW ZlqIAW kwrx mwr KWdy hn, Zlq<br />
BwvnwvW ƒ mMndy hn Awid[ eys ny is`KI dy v`fy AlMbrdwr isrdwr<br />
kpUr isMG dI Swn ivru`D vI r`j ky gusqw^I kIqI Aqy bIqI sdI dy<br />
mhwn is`K sMq bwbw jrnYl isMG ShId dI Swn iv`c vI[ eys ny hwl dy<br />
is`K sMGrS dI hr Dwrnw dy Zlq hox dw Fol pUry zor nwl vjwieAw[<br />
is`KW nwl ho rhy ivqkirAW sbMDI hr sbUq ƒ AwieAw igAw kIqw[<br />
ijs vyly is`KW kol eys ƒ Suhrq dyx dI smr`Qw sI EdoN eynyN hI zor<br />
nwl ieh is`K ngwry au~qy f`gw lwauNdw sI[ 1966 iv`c ijs vyly mwstr<br />
qwrw isMG ny ‘is`K homlYNf’ dw nwArw bulMd kIqw sI, Aqy ijs<br />
p`qrkwr imlxI iv`c ieh kIqw igAw sI Es iv`c isrdwr swihb<br />
mwstr jI dy s`jy pwsy suSoiBq sn Aqy ieh K`by pwsy pUry (bnwvtI)<br />
jwho jlwl iv`c bYTw sI[ eys v`loN kIqIAW Gor by-AdbIAW Aqy<br />
ieiqhwisk aukweIAW v`l iDAwn dvwauNdw lyK itRibaUn AKbwr ƒ 4<br />
nvMbr 2003 ƒ hI eI. myl duAwrw Byj id`qw igAw[ nw Cpxw sI, n<br />
CipAw[<br />
14 Aqy 15 dsMbr 2003 dy AKbwrW iv`c do ilKqW Awpxy A`j dy<br />
ivSlySx dy nukqy dy nzrIey qoN bVIAW Aihm hn[ 14 ƒ CipAw ik<br />
pMjwb iv`c prvwsI mzdUrW dI Awmd qoN pMjwb dy is`K Awpxy<br />
siBAwcwr ƒ ^qrw mihsUs krdy hn[ ieh dl ^wlsw v`loN Aswm dy<br />
hwlwq qoN pRBwvq ho ky kIqI knvYnSn nwl sbMDq ^br sI[ eys ƒ<br />
is`K mslw jwx ky bwAd iv`c SRomxI ^wlsw pMcwieq ny vI bVy zor nwl<br />
auBwirAw[ 15.12.2003 dI AMgRyzI itRibaUn iv`c AYfItr v`loN v`fw lyK<br />
AYfItr s&y au~qy CwipAw igAw ijs dI do-DwrI phuMc srsrI piVHAW vI<br />
spSt hY[ pihlI Dwr qW ieh ik purwqn simAW qoN Awpxy lok v`fI<br />
igxqI iv`c Byj ky dUsry mulkW au~qy kbzw krn dI rIq c`lI AwauNdI<br />
hY[ ieh Dwr qW Awpxy suihrd jwq BweIAW leI sI[ dUsrI Dwr<br />
icMqwqur is`KW v`l syDq sI[ auhnW ƒ vMgwr ky AwiKAw igAw sI ik<br />
auh pRdysIAW dI Awmd qoN ‘frn’ nw, auhnW dI bdnwmI n krn ikauNik<br />
auhnW dI loV hY, eyQoN dy lok ^ud kMm nhIN krdy[<br />
jy AsIN AwpxI Koj dy Gyry ƒ hor v`fw kr leIey qW jwxWgy ik pMjwb<br />
iv`c ivkdy swry ZYr-is`K A^bwr inrMqr is`K-ivroDI pRcwr au~qy l`gy<br />
hoey hn[ &rk isr& eynW hI hY ik kdy ieh pRcwr gu`Jw Aqy lukvW<br />
huMdw hY, kdy spSt Aqy kur^q[ AsIN iehnW AKbwrW ƒ Cpx qoN nhIN<br />
rok skdy, nw hI JUTw pRcwr krn qoN, pr AsIN G`to-G`t ibbyk bu`DI<br />
vrq ky pVH qW skdy hW[ A^bwrW pRqI GoKvW vqIrw Dwrx krIey Aqy<br />
duS-pRcwr dw iSkwr hox qoN bcIey[<br />
mnjIq isMG klk`qy vrgy n&rq dy vxjwirAW ƒ Aqy kuJ ku zr^rId<br />
‘j`QydwrW’ ƒ C`f ky bwkI is`K qW spSt smJdy hn ik sw.A.isMG<br />
ngr dI knvYnSn is`K Drm iv`c AweIAW kurIqIAW pRqI lokW ƒ<br />
jwgx dw hokw dyx leI hI sI[ pr hr hwlq iv`c is`K-ivroDI pRcwr<br />
ƒ ihMdUqv dy vwDy leI v`fw mwArkw mwrn qu`l smJx vwly A^bwrW<br />
ny qW KMBW dIAW fwrW bxwauxIAW AwrMB vI kr id`qIAW hn[ auhnW dy<br />
qs`vr iv`c AsIN Dwrimk jwgrUkqw ilAw ky isAwsI h`kW dI rwKI<br />
leI XqnSIl hW Aqy EnHW dI pRoFqw iv`c v`fI kRWqI ilAw vI cu`ky hW<br />
ijs ƒ rokx leI ieh huxy qoN hI XqnSIl hn[<br />
iehnw dIAW ikAws ArweIAw qoN pYdw hoeIAW BVkwaU kwrvweIAW dw<br />
iSkwr ho ky ismrnjIq isMG mwn dI qrz au~qy PokI nwArybwzI dI<br />
dldl iv`c iblkul nhIN Psxw cwhIdw[ mukMml Dwrimk jwgRqI hI<br />
AYs vyly is`K pMQ dw inSwnw hY[ ieh mMzl vI Ajy bhuq dUr hY[ Ajy<br />
q`k qW hr is`K ƒ fyrydwrW, AKwauqI j`QydwrW, Drm dy TykydwrW v`loN<br />
PYlweIAW kurIqIAW bwry jwxkwrI dyxw hI v`fw kMm bixAw hoieAw hY[<br />
pr duSmx ikMnW sqrk Aqy ik`QoN q`k AgwaUN phuMc r`Kx vwlw hY, eys<br />
ƒ iDAwn iv`c r`Kxw Xog hY[ swry iehnW cwlW qoN sucyq hoeIey Aqy<br />
ivroD iv`c kIqy jw rhy duS-pRcwr ƒ ibbyk bu`DI nwl T`lH pweIey[<br />
AsIN eys dOr iv`c duSmx qoN FweI krm AgWh c`lxw hY[ ZulwmI dI<br />
ie`k prq ƒ auqwrn leI kyvl AKbwrW rwhIN AwauNdy sunyihAW ƒ shI<br />
sMdrB iv`c smJ ky pVHnw hI kwPI hY[<br />
swihb s`cy pwqSwh dI kQnI Aqy krnI swfy cwnx-munwry hn; sMswr<br />
dy kilAwx dw ie`ko-ie`k rwh hn[ eys s`c ƒ mnW iv`c vsweIey Aqy<br />
Awpxy gurmuK bzurgW vWg inmwxy ho ky gurU dy dr au~qy bynqI krIey:<br />
“hwir pirE suAwmI ky duAwry dIjY buD ibbykw”[<br />
*****<br />
ig: joigMdr isMG vydFqI vloN “spoksmYn” dy<br />
muwK sMpfdk nUM ilKI icwTI<br />
jo aKbfrF nUM pihlF jfrI kr idwqI geI qy “spoksmYn” dy dPLqr ivwc mgroN phuMcI.<br />
aYzIytr koloN “spwsLtIkrn” mMigaf igaf hY pr AunHF nUM “dosLLI” pihlF hI imQ idwqf<br />
igaf hY. afdysL “gurUu-pMQ vloN” pr ieh nhIN disaf igaf ik guruU-pMQ df afdysL<br />
ikhVy gurmqy rfhIN qy kdoN jfrI kIqf hoieaf sI.<br />
vwihgurU jI kI &iqh<br />
igafnI joigMdr isMG jQydfr sRI akfl qKq sfihb aMimRqsr<br />
nMbr: a: 3/03/3635 imqI 22-12-2002(2003)<br />
joigMdr isMG, muwK sMpfdk, cMzIgVH spoksmYn,<br />
3037, sYktr 19 zI, cMzIgVH, 160019<br />
vfihgurU jI kf KLlsf]<br />
vfihgurU jI kI PLiqh]<br />
sRI akfl qKq sfihb ivKy Drm pRcfr kmytI(soLmxI gurduafrf<br />
pRbMDk kmytI) sLRI aMimRqsr, vwK vwK QfvF dIaF iswK sMgqF aqy sRI<br />
akfl qKq sfihb dy slfhkfr borz vloN smyN smyN afp dIaF<br />
guMmrfhkuMn ilKqF bfry isLkfieqF pRfpq ho rhIaF hn ik afp afpxy<br />
prcy “spoksmYn” rfhIN iswK Drm, mirafdf, pRMprfvF qy ieiqhfs<br />
nfl sbMDq mhwqvpUrn ivisLaF ijvyN ik:<br />
-iswKI dy muwZly isDFqF aqy pRMprfvF.<br />
-nwqnym aqy aMimRq-sMcfr dIaF bfxIaF.<br />
-pMc pRDfnI gurmiq isDFq qy pRMprf.<br />
-gurUu-pMQ dI pRqIinD srv-Auwc sMsQf, sRI akfl qKq sfihb dy<br />
ieiqhfs, mirafdf, pRpMrf qy rvfieqF bfry.<br />
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-sRI akfl qKq sfihb qoN jfrI hoey hukmnfimaF dy isDFq, pRMprfvF<br />
qy ieiqhfs bfry.<br />
-iswKF dy srv- pRvfinq kyNdrI Dfrmk asQFn sRI hirmMdr sfihb<br />
dIaF pRMprfvF, aMimRq isDFq, sMklp aqy ieiqhfs sbMDI ipCly<br />
lMmy smyN qoN rol-Gcolf pfAux df Xqn.<br />
-aTfrvIN sdI dy gOrvmeI suinhrI iswK ieiqhfs nUM ivgfV ky iswK<br />
ihridaF nUM vlMUDrnf.<br />
iswK isDFqF qy pRMprfvF ivruD quhfzIaF ieqrfjLXog ilKqF jo afpxy<br />
afp ivwc quhfnUM dosLI drsfAuNdIaF hn, dIaF tUk mfqr AudfhrxF<br />
hyTF idwqIaF jf rhIaF hn:<br />
1[ kI gurimq ieh mMndI hY ik koeI Kfs bfxI pVHn nfl pfxI aMimRq<br />
bx jFdf hY nhI, ies bRfhmxI ivcfr df gurmiq pUrI qrFH KMzn<br />
krdI hY.<br />
2[ guruU gRQ aqy gurUu-pMQ hI akfl qKq hY, iksy iemfrq jF Aus ivwc<br />
bYTy gRMQIaF nUM akfl qKq nhIN ikhf jf skdf. ( sMpfdkI pMnf4,<br />
spoksmYn, nvMbr 2003)<br />
3[ guru gRMQ sfihb nUM svyry pMj cfdrF, rumfilaF ivwc Guwt ky bMnH idAu<br />
aqy sLfm qwk KuwlHx nF idAu. (pMnf 17, spoksmYn, sqMbr 2003)<br />
4[ mugLlF dy dOr ivwc iswKF nUM jMglF ivwc jf Cupxf ipaf. jMglF ivwc<br />
rih ky iswKF ny jMglI afdqF nUM hI apxf ilaf. sfrf idn KFdy-pINdy<br />
rho( jo kuJ vI imly), lVdy rho qy gflHF kwZdy rho. sLihrI jIvn<br />
ivwc vfps prq ky vI iswK jMgl dy idnF dIaF afdqF nUM ajy qwk nhIN<br />
Buwly.” (pMnf 11, spoksmYn, akqUbr 2003)<br />
quhfzIaF Auprokq ilKqF qhfnUM hyT ilKy dosLF df BfgI drsfAuNdIaF<br />
hn:<br />
(A) sRI gurU gRMQ sfihb dy siqkfr aQvf syvf sMBfl sbMDI mirafdf<br />
dI iKwlI AuzfAuxf.<br />
(a) sfihb sRI gurU goibMd isMG jI vloN sLurU kIqy KMzy bfty dI pfhul,<br />
aMimRq isDFq aqy pRMprf dI pMQ pRvfxq mirafdf Auwqy ikMqU pRMqU<br />
krky sDfrn iswK sMgqF nUM guMmrfh krky ies pfvn dfq dI pRfpqI qoN<br />
munikr krn df koJf Xqn kIqf hY.<br />
(e) sRI akfl qKq sfihb vloN pMQk msilaF dy hwl bfry hukmnfmyN<br />
jfrI krn dy gurUu-pMQ pRvfixq isDFq, sQfpq qy pRvfixq pRMprf pRqI<br />
Brm-BulyKy pYdf kIqy hn.<br />
(s) smuwcI iswK kOm ivruwD jMglI asiBak hox df dUsLx lfAuNxf.<br />
AupRokq qoN ielfvf quhfzIaF hyT ilKIaF gqI-ivDIaF vI quhfnUM dosLI<br />
drsfAuNdIaF hn :<br />
1[ 14 meI, 2002 dy sRI akfl qKq sfihb qoN gurUu-pMQ vloN afdysL<br />
kIqf igaf sI ik “dsmgRMQ bfry aKbfrI crcf qurMq bMd kIqI<br />
jfvy” dI AulMGxf kridaF “spoksmYn” rfhIN dsm gRMQ nUM pUrn rUp<br />
ivwc rwd krn df ivvfd inrMqr jfrI rwKxf.<br />
2[ gurUu-pMQ vloN sRI akfl qKq sfihb qoN Cyky gurbKsL isMG kflf<br />
aPLgfnF dI hmfieq krnI qy gurUu-pMQ vloN sRI akfl qKq sfihb qoN<br />
jfrI hukmnfmy dI inrfdrI (qOhIn) krnI.<br />
3[ 26 akqUbr, 2003 nUM mohflI ivwc kIqI knvYnsLn dy zYlIgyt<br />
sYsLn nUM “srbwq Kflsy” df nfm dy ky pMQk pRMprfvF aqy mfnqfvF<br />
nfl srfsr iKlvfV krnf aqy sRI akfl qKq sfihb qoN jfrI hoey<br />
hukmnfimaF nUM mUloN rwd krn dI avwigaf krky iswK sMgqF nUM sRI<br />
akfl qKq sfihb qoN jfrI hukmnfimaF nUM nF mMnx leI AuksfAuxf.<br />
Auprokq dosLF dy mwdynjLr quhfnUM sRI akfl qKq sfiuhb qoN gurUu-pMQ<br />
vloN afdys idwqf jFdf hY ik imqI 25 poh, sMmq nfnksLfhI 535(7<br />
jnvrI, idn bwuDvfr nUM sRI akfl qKq sfihb ivKy svyry 11-00<br />
vjy inwjI qOr qy o pysL ho ky afpnO siQqI spwst kro.<br />
dsqKLq/ (joiMgdfr isMG),jQydr,sRI akfl qKq sfiuhb, sRI aMimRqsr.<br />
*****<br />
JUT n boil pWfy sc khIAY]<br />
isMG bRdrz, AMimRqsr v`loN pRkwSq “in`qnym stIk” – tIkwkwr pRo.<br />
swihb isMG, fI. il`t dy muK bMD iv`c BweI joigMdr isMG qlvwVw ny<br />
iliKAw hY:<br />
“kibXo bwc bynqI cOpeI pwqSwhI 10 (hmrI kro hwQ dY r`Cw)<br />
dw tIkw pRo. swihb isMG jI dw kIqw hoieAw nhIN imldw, ies<br />
krky ies bwxI dw tIkw hor pRymIAW v`loN krvw ky ies in`qnym<br />
stIk iv`c Swml kIqw igAw hY[”<br />
BweI joigMdr isMG qlvwVw dI auprokq it`pxI pVH ky mn<br />
ƒ bhuq D`kw l`gw, ikauNik auprokq kQn sO PIsdI JUT hYY Aqy JUT qoN<br />
isvwey hor kuJ vI nhIN[ mrhUm pRo. swihb isMG horW dy ividAwrQI<br />
Aqy auhnW dy swQI/sihXogI Kws kr ky Aqy is`K jn-mwns Awm qOr<br />
’qy A`CI qrHW jwxdy hn ik pRo. Swihb isMG dI kibXo bwc bynqI<br />
cOpeI]pwqSwhI 10] hmrI kro hwQ dY r`Cw] iv`c koeI AwsQw nhIN<br />
sI Aqy ieh iv`cwr auh Ku`lH ky Awpxy lYkcrW iv`c pRgtwieAw krdy<br />
sn[ auhnW ny kdI vI ies cOpeI dw tIkw kIqw hI nhIN sI, qW iPr<br />
aus dy nw imlx dw svwl hI pYdw nhIN huMdw[<br />
mrhUm pRo. swihb dy AnykW ividAwrQI A`j vI ies q`Q dI qsdIk<br />
krn leI auplbD hn[ BweI qlvwVw v`loN “kUV boil murdwr Kwie”<br />
vwlI hrkq kyvl pRo. swihb isMG horW dI AwsQw dw hI inrwdr nhIN,<br />
sgoN auhnW dI gOrv qy pRiqSTw ƒ ivgwVwn dI iGnwauxI hrkq hY;<br />
k`cI bwxI ƒ gurbwxI qul pRcwrn dw koJw Xqn hY[ A`j pRo. swihb<br />
dIAW durl`B rcnwvW is`K pMQ dw Amu`l ^zwnw hn Aqy iehnW iv`c<br />
iksy v`loN vI iksy qrHW dI CyV- CwV dI AwigAw nhIN id`qI jw skdI[<br />
BweI kwnH isMG nwBw mhwn koS dy pMnw 545 ’qy ilKdy hn: “is`K<br />
Drm iksy hwlq iv`c BI JUT bolx dI AwigAw nhIN idMdw[ hW viSSt<br />
sMihqw Aqy Bwgvq iv`c iliKAw hY ik iesqRIAW nwl hwsI mKOl iv`c,<br />
ivAwh smyN AwpxI rozI vwsqy, jwn jwx dy fr qoN, Dn nws huMdw vyK<br />
ky, gaU bRwhmx dy ihq leI, ihMsw rokx vwsqy JUT bolxw pwp nhIN[<br />
BweI qlvwVw v`loN byKO& JUUUUUUUT ny sQwpq is`K kdrW-kImqW qy isDwqW<br />
dI SrHyAwm aulMGxw inrsuAwrQ qW ho hI nhIN skdI[ A&sos ik<br />
sMpRdwiek suAwrQ is`DI leI BweI qlvwVw dI swijS iv`c ‘isMG<br />
bRdrz’ vI pUrI qndyhI nwl Swml hn, AwiKr ikauN pRo. swihb isMG<br />
ƒ tIkwkwr drswauNidAW, tIky dy muK bMd iv`c BweI qlvwVw dw JUT<br />
Cwp ky, is`K jgq dy sQwpq ivdvwn dI Suhrq, js, pRiqSTw Aqy<br />
mwx-mirXwdw au~qy prhwr ’c BwgIdwrI kIqI hY[ dUsirAW dI kImq<br />
’qy AwpxI ivdvqw qW auvyN hY ijvyN “JUTy kau nwhI piq nwau] kbhu n<br />
sUcw kwlw kwau](pM. 839 )[ vwihgurU sum`q b^Sy[<br />
ieMj: jgqwr isMG mohwlI<br />
{gMBIr ividAwrQIAW, ivdvwnW ƒ pqw krnw cwhIdw hY ik eys qrHW nwl ikMnW<br />
ku is`K swihq sMpRdwvW dy byeImwn numwieMidAW v`loN AwKyp kIqw jw cu`kw hY Aqy<br />
kIqw jw irhw hY eys msly nwl is`KI ƒ Awid-kwl qoN hI jUJxw pY irhw hY[<br />
eys p`KoN byh`d sqrk rihx dI loV hY[ - sMpwdk ]<br />
*****<br />
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smkwlI ieiqhws<br />
1. aUcy mMdr suMdr CwieAw] JUTy lwlic jnmu gvwieAw]<br />
(m: 5, pMnw: 1175-76)<br />
pihlW pRkwS isMG bwdl dI g`l krIey[ eys au~qy c`ly muk`dmy dy sMdrB<br />
iv`c ivcwr krnI bxdI hY[<br />
ie`k AKbwrI rpt Anuswr, ‘mulwkwq qoN bwAd ijhl v`l jwx l`igAW<br />
bwdl A`KW Br AwieAw’[ ie`k vwrI Pyr jdoN auh Awpxy pu`qr suKbIr<br />
isMG ƒ ijhl dy Ahwqy v`l lY jwx l`igAw qW Es dIAW A`KW iv`c hMJU<br />
sn[ gurmiq dy p`K qoN ivSlySx krIey qW keI gursMdyS mn iv`c<br />
AwauNdy hn[ “iKn mih kauVy hoie gey ijqVy mwieAw Bog” (m.5, pMnw<br />
135)[ Awp muhwry svwl au~Tdw hY ik kI isAwsI SkqI dw nSw pYsy dy<br />
lwlc A`gy gofy tyk idMdw hY sMswr dy suGV, s&l isAwsqdwnW v`l<br />
ingwh mwrIey qW auhnW iv`c isAwsq dw jƒn lok-syvw iv`c nwmxw<br />
K`tx dI cwh iv`c v`tdw nzr Awvygw[ pr bwdl iv`c isAwsI SkqI<br />
ƒ pYsy iv`c vtwaux dI cwh eynW zor PV geI ik AYP.AweI.Awr.<br />
Anuswr swry dw swrw pRvwr iksy mjwr au~qy bYTy mjOr vWg kyvl pYsy<br />
hUMJx ƒ hI prmoDrm smJ bYTY[<br />
qmwSw vyKx vwly dI vI ie`k A`K ieh vrqwrw vyK ky bwdl nwl roNdI<br />
hY[ ie`k mDvrgI ikswn dy byty ƒ iksmq ny ieiqhws iv`c nW rOSn<br />
krn dw eyfw vDIAw mOkw id`qw sI pr bwdl ny ies ƒ cMd kaufIAW<br />
bdly guAw ilAw[ “kwc bwdrY lwlu KoeI hY iPir iehu Aausru kid<br />
lhw]” (m.5, pMnw 1203) jo kuJ bwdl ny pYsy dy lwlc iv`c kIqw jW<br />
brdwSq kIqw, Es nwl eys ny qkrIbn fyF sdI dy bxy pRSwskI FWcy<br />
ƒ qihs-nihs kr id`qw[ pYsy dy ky bxy pulIs A&sr, pRSwsn-<br />
AiDkwrI jW inAWkrqwvW ny hr kMm leI pYsy lY ky inAW, Drm ƒ<br />
idn-rwq sULI au~qy tMgxw sI[ pYsy dy ky bxy fOktrW Awid ny cIr-PwV<br />
qoN bwAd mrIzW ƒ qW isauxw sI jW auhnW ƒ mrIzW dy qol cWdI dwn<br />
kIqI jWdI[ iehnW swry kukrmW dw bdlw bwdl qoN bxdy doS Anuswr<br />
Ajy ilAw jwxw hY[ “hukm kIey min Bwvdy rwih BIVY AgY<br />
jwvxw”](pM.570)[ cInI AKwx hY ik r`b ny AwiKAw, “bMdy! jo cwhyN<br />
sMswr iv`coN lY lY pr Es dI kImq Adw kr dy[” Eh sB dw mwlk<br />
jdoN AwpxI Klkq ƒ bwdl dy kukrmW kwrx npIVIdI, lu`tINdI-pu`tINdI<br />
vyKygw qW kI lyKw n mMgygw “lyKw rbu mMgysIAw bYTw kiF<br />
vhI ]qlbw pausin AwkIAw bwkI ijnw rhI”[ (m.1, pM. 953)[ Es<br />
drgwh iv`c qW ‘cor dI hwmw Brn vwlw’, h`k iv`c nwhry lgwaux vwlw<br />
AkwlI vrkr nhIN huMdw; EQy eys dw kI bxUM “AdlI pRB” q^q au~qy<br />
bYTdw hY qW “scVw inAwauN” hI krdw hY[ EQy bwdl ikhVw mUMh lY ky<br />
jwvygw[<br />
^wlsw-gwfI-rwh dy rwhIAW dIAW qW donoN A`KW jwr-jwr ro rhIAW hn[<br />
bwdl ny AMimRq dI rsm inBweI, ikRpwnDwrI ^wlsw, gurU kw ^ws rUp<br />
AKvwieAw[ AYfw sWg bxw ky au~cw ho ho ivcrdw ieh cMgw Blw mnu`K<br />
eynW bOxw ikvyN ho igAw n AMimRq dI Awx, n gurU dI Srm, n bwxy dI<br />
lwj, n pRmwqmw dw fr Bau[ ieh ikhw ^wlsw sijAw ^wlsw nwm qW<br />
Es dw hY ijs ny ‘cunrI dy tUuk kr ky grIbI dI loeI EF’ leI hovy[<br />
ieh q^`ls qW Es dw hY jo hr roNdI A`K nwl rovy, jo hr grIb dy hMJU<br />
pUMJy, jo hr mzlUm dI Fwl bx ky “z^m swhmxy mUMh au~qy Kwx vwlw”<br />
hovy[ ieh kYsw Ajb ^wlsw hY jo Awpxy gLIN hwr pwauNdy lokW ƒ<br />
pRSwskI FWcw ivgwV ky mukMml juggrdI dy mUMh D`kx dw BrpUr Xqn<br />
krdw irhw Awauu! A&sos zwhr krIey ik swfw AMimRqDwrI,<br />
ikRpwnDwrI, dwVHy pRkwS krn vwlw hms&r gurU dy d`sy rwh au~qy ie`k<br />
kdm vI n c`l sikAw Aqy ijs ƒ swfy bzurgW “nwkhu kwtI kwnhu<br />
kwtI kwt kUt ky” fwirAw sI Esy kMcnI bIbI ny eys ƒ glvkVI iv`c<br />
lY ky Awqmk mOqy mwr id`qw[ A`j Es leI nwhry mwrn vwilAW dI<br />
qW Brmwr hY pr kueI ie`k vI bw-ie`zq ienswn eys dI Awqmk lwS<br />
ƒ moFw dyx leI nhIN in`qirAw[<br />
pr kI kwrx sI ik srkwr ihMd dy swry kirMdy eys ƒ PauVw PV ky<br />
pYsy btordy ƒ n vyK sky[ “qYyƒ husn Krwb kryNdw qy mYƒ smJ<br />
sqwieAw[ ijauN ijauN pyc husn dy smJW mYƒ au~Tdw sUl svwieAw[”<br />
eys dy kwrnwimAW ƒ smJIey qW jwxWgy ik eys ny is`KW ƒ ihMdUqv dy<br />
Kwry swgr iv`c Korn dw Tykw lY ky auh hsqI hwsl kIqI ijs kwrx<br />
eys dy kukrmW bwry iksy smr`Q s`qwDwrI ny n mwVw suixAw, n mwVw<br />
vyiKAw qy n mwVw AwiKAw[ Aw^r kI ieh smJIey ik eys ny kOm vycI<br />
hY, kI ieh jwxIey ik A`j pMjwb dI DrqI “dIn ky hyq” lVn vwly<br />
sUrimAW qoN bWJ ho geI hY[ jo eys kOlm dy kIrny sux nhIN skdy, auh<br />
vI v`fI srkwr vWg kMnW au~qy h`Q r`K lYx:<br />
hwie! hwie! ik mwirAw swfw Syr PutVI kaufI ny,<br />
hwie! hwie! ik PutI kaufI ny,<br />
Gyr ky mwirAw SrHy-bzwr cMdrI kaufI ny,<br />
hwie hwie ik cMdrI kaufI ny,<br />
mwry iqMny Gyr kulihxI kaufI ny,<br />
hwie hwie! kulihxI kaufI ny[<br />
Gw Gw kIqw hwl byhwl tu`t pYxI kaufI nyy,<br />
hwie hwie! ik kwxI kaufI ny[<br />
pu`itAw hr ie`k mu`C dw vwl zwlm kaufI ny,<br />
hwie! hwie! ik zwlm kaufI ny[<br />
lwieAw rMg ksuMBw ij`Qy l`gxw sI lwl,<br />
hwie! hwie! kwxI kaufI ny[<br />
kOm vyc ky su`qw bySrmI qwx, svwieAw kaufI dw,<br />
hwie! hwie! mr jwxI kaufI dw[<br />
2. s`dwm husYn vwlw vrqwrw vyK ky qW keI bu`q keI mnW iv`coN tu`ty<br />
hoxgy[ AnykW mulkW dIAW Axigxq PaujW ny vyKo ikvyN Gx nwl m`KI<br />
mwrI hY[ jy iehnW swry mulkW dw ieKlwkI idvwlw vyKxw hovy qW vyKo<br />
sdr s`dwm dIAW PVy jwx qoN qurMq bwAd dIAW qsvIrW[ vyKo sB qoN<br />
ivksq s`iBAqw dIAW PVHW mwrn vwly, AwpxI dUjI g`lH Q`pV Kwx<br />
leI pyS krdy eIsw dy cyly, nSy iv`c foby ipMjry dy Syr ƒ iks qrHW byie`zq<br />
krdy hn! Es dy vwlW iv`c A`g dIAW auNglW Pyrn vwly vyKo<br />
ikvyN Es dy mUMh iv`c rOSnIAW kr ky v`fy mwrU hiQAwr l`Bdy hn[<br />
ie`k mrsIAw Es dw vI kihxw bxdw hY ijs ny cMd cWdI dy is`ikAW<br />
ip`Cy muKbrI kIqI Aqy Awpxy dyS dI Awx ƒ ksweIAW dy mws vycx<br />
vWg vyc id`qw[ kI auh vI Esy ieslwm dw pYrokwr sI ijs dy pYrokwr<br />
klipq khwxI dy pwqr nbI KW ZnI KW sn[ b`s! eynIAW ku sdIAW<br />
iv`c eynw bdl igAw ienswn jy iksy jwqI bdlw lYx leI kIqw, qW<br />
vI kI kIqw pu`q dw bdlw ipau koloN mulk dy sdr ƒ Es ny isr&<br />
ie`k kukrmI ipau hI jwixAw[<br />
s`dwm husYn dI is`K kOm Sukr guzwr hY ijs ny s`cy swihb dI Xwd<br />
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sWBx dI iejwzq is`KW ƒ id`qI[ ABwr pRgt krn dw vylw eyho hY[<br />
Aqy imhxw mwrn dw vI vylw eyho hY[ kwS! ik auh jMgI jrnYl sMq<br />
bwbw jrnYyl isMG vWg KMfw KVkwauNdw hoieAw rx-q`qy ƒ Bwg lwauNdw!<br />
kwS! ik Es ny kurdW pRqI suihrdqw ivKweI huMdI Aqy EhnW dIAW h`kI<br />
mMgW pRvwn kIqIAW huMdIAW!<br />
pMjwb isMG[<br />
*<br />
3. SoRmxI Kwlsw pMcwieq dI ie`k ivSyS mIitMg gurduAwrw<br />
msqUAwxw swihb, luiDAwxw ivKy 21 dsMbr 2003, idn AYqvwr<br />
svyry 11 vjy hoeI, ijs iv`c swry pMjwb dIAW ^wlsw pMcwieqW<br />
ny ih`sw ilAw[<br />
mOjUdw pMQk hwlwq bwry ivsiqRq Aqy gMBIr ivcwr-vtWdrw kIqw igAw<br />
Aqy hyT ilKy Anuswr inrxy leI gey:–<br />
1. sRI pRkwS isMG bwdl dy kys ƒ pMQk lVweI bxwey jwx dI inKyDI<br />
kIqI geI[ iBRStwcwr dy kys iv`c zmwnq imlx ’qy sRI bwdl ƒ<br />
Akwl q^q dy ‘j`Qydwr’ duAwrw isropwau id`qy jwx ƒ mMdBwgw<br />
krwr id`qw igAw[ sRI bwdl ƒ is`K isDWqW dI aulMGxw krn,<br />
is`K sMsQwvW ƒ kmzor krn Aqy iBRSt qrIky nwl mwieAw iek`TI<br />
krn bdly sRI Akwl q^q dy ‘j`Qydwr’ duAwrw id`qy isropwau ƒ<br />
pMjwbIAW dy kIqy kql bdly jnrl fwier ƒM id`qy gey isropwau<br />
nwl qulnw id`qI geI[<br />
2. inrxw kIqw igAw ik 10 jnvrI 2004 ƒ smUh hmiKAwl is`K<br />
j`QybMdIAW dI mIitMg kr ky sRI pRkwS isMG bwdl v`loN Awpxy<br />
ivru`D bxy iBRStwcwr dy kys ƒ pMQk mu`dw bxwey jwx Aqy aunHW<br />
duAwrw pMQk mirAwdw Aqy prMprwvW dw Gwx krn bwry ivcwr<br />
vtWdrw kr ky koeI sWJw pRogrwm aulIikAw jwvy[<br />
3. ieh vI inrxw kIqw igAw ik sRI bwdl duAwrw jo is`K isDWqW dI<br />
aulMGxw kIqI geI Aqy is`K sMsQwvW ƒ jo Fwh lweI geI hY aus<br />
dy q`Q Cpvw ky lokW iv`c vMfy jwx[<br />
4. SRomxI kmytI dIAW AwauNdIAW coxW bwry inrxw kIqw igAw ik<br />
sMgqW duAwrw Awpxy-Awpxy ielwky dy au~cy-su`cy ikrdwr vwly is`KW<br />
dI inSwndyhI krvw ky aunHW ƒ srbsMmqI nwl SRomxI kmytI dI<br />
mYNbrI leI aumIdvwr bxwaux Aqy Aijhy aumIdvwrW ƒ kwmXwb<br />
krvwaux leI ^wlsw pMcwieq BrpUr mdd kry[<br />
5. ieh vI inrxw kIqw igAw ik SRomxI kmytI dy pRDwn swihb ƒ<br />
mYmorYNfm id`qw jwvy ik SRomxI kmytI Awpxy pRbMD hyT AwauNdy swry<br />
gurduAwirAW iv`c iqMn mhIinAW dy AMdr-AMdr pMQ pRvwxq rihq<br />
mirAwdw lwgU krwvy Aqy jy kr ies dOrwn rihq mirAwdw aukq<br />
gurduAwirAW iv`c lwgU nhIN huMdI qW SRomxI ^wlsw pMcwieq ies<br />
leI sMGrS kry[<br />
6. Bgq pUrn isMG jI duAwrw inBweI geI mnu`Kqw dI lwswnI syvw<br />
pUrn qOr ’qy gurU pwqSwh duAwrw drswey mwrg Anuswr hY[ ies<br />
leI Bgq pUrn isMG jI ƒ “pUrn guris`K” dw snmwn id`qw jwvy[<br />
ies mMqv dI pUrqI leI pMQk p`Dr dw ie`k v`fw smwgm kr ky<br />
ieh snmwn dyx dw PYslw kIqw igAw[<br />
7. SRomxI ^wlsw pMcwieq dy kMm ƒ hor sucwrU FMg nwl clwaux leI<br />
srdwr joigMdr isMG (qrn qwrn) ƒ srbsMmqI nwl SoRmxI ^wlsw<br />
pMcwieq dw pMc cuixAw igAw[ srdwr AmrjIq isMG (sYktr<br />
71, mohwlI) ƒ srbsMmqI nwl SRomxI ^wlsw pMcwieq dw<br />
‘PweInYNs sk`qr’ bxwieAw igAw[ jwrI krqw, hrBjn isMG<br />
*****<br />
ivcwr guldsqw<br />
1. is`KW dIAW pRyrnw-sroq XwdgwrW dI brbwdI<br />
is`K Drm dI aumr 500 swl hY[ gurU nwnk swihb ƒ eys DrqI ’qy<br />
Avqwr Dwrn kIiqAW 534 swl hoey hn[ ‘nw koeI ihMdU nw muslmwn”<br />
dw AYlwn kr ky EhnW ny ie`k nvyN Drm dI nINh r`K id`qI [ iehnW<br />
500 swlW iv`c mnu`K ny bhuq qr`kI kIqI hY[ ies dI cyqnw iv`c vI<br />
bhuq ivkws hoieAw hY[ Awpxy ivrsy ƒ smJx Aqy eys ƒ sMBwlx<br />
v`l vI loVINdw iDAwn id`qw igAw hY[<br />
is`K Drm kol ie`k bhuq kImqI ivrsw hY[ dunIAw dy bwkI mulkW<br />
iv`c, Kws kr p`CmI dySW iv`c, hryk smwj dy AwgUAW ny pRwcIn<br />
vsqUAW, iemwrqW, hiQAwrW Aqy hor XwdgwrW, ijnHW dw sbMD iksy<br />
Aijhy ivSyS ivAkqI nwl huMdw hY ijs ny Awpxy mulk dw nW koeI<br />
ivSyS kwrnwmw kr ky au~cw kIqw hovy jW koeI nvIN kwF jW Koj kIqI<br />
hovy, dyS ƒ bhuq AOKy vyly sMBwilAw hovy, duSmx qoN bcwieAw hovy, jW<br />
iesy qrHW dw koeI hor smwj BlweI vwlw Ad`uqI kwrnwmw kIqw hovy,<br />
auhnW dIAW auplBDIAW dI aumr lMmI krn leI hr hIlw Aqy au~dm<br />
krdy hn[ v`Kry mihkmy KolH ky srkwrW AijhIAW XwdgwrI inSwnIAW<br />
dI sMBwl Aqy r`K-rKwau leI kroVW rupY Krc krdIAW hn[ hzwrW,<br />
l`KW dI igxqI iv`c lok iehnW ƒ dyKx leI hr swl AwauNdy hn[<br />
iehnW ƒ vyK ky P^r mihsUs krdy hn Aqy iehnW nwl juVIAW<br />
GtnwvW qoN pRyrnw lYNdy hn[<br />
mn`uKI idmwZ dI bxqr kudrq v`loN kuJ ies qrHW dI hY ik ijhVI<br />
Gtnw ƒ ieh kMnW rwhIN suxdw hY aus dI XwdwSq kuJ smyN leI rihMdI<br />
hY pr lMmy smNy q`k aus dI XwdwSq kwiem r`Kx leI eys ƒ EhI g`l<br />
bwr-bwr suxweI jWdI hY[ jy koeI s`jx, suxI hoeI Gtnw ƒ A`KrW iv`c<br />
iliKAw hoieAw pVH lvy qW ieh g`l pihlI hwlq dy mukwblyN lMmy smyN<br />
q`k Xwd rihMdI hY[ ijs cIz bwry suixAw hovy, Pyr aus bwry piVHAw<br />
hovy Aqy aus dy inSwnW ƒ AslI rUp iv`c dyK vI ilAw hovy qW Pyr<br />
auh Awpxy-Awp bwr-bwr Xwd AwauNdI hY[ ieh Xwd aus ivAkqI ƒ<br />
Aijhy mwhOl iv`c lY jWdI hY ik aus ivAkqI ƒ ieauN l`gdw hY ijvyN<br />
ieh swrI Gtnw aus dIAW A`KW swhmxy vwpr rhI hovy[<br />
is`KW dw ieiqhws hI 534 swl dw hY[ swfy kol ies gurU-kwl dy<br />
ieiqhws nwl sbMDq XwdgwrW dw bhuq hI v`fw ^zwnw auplbD sI[<br />
AYs vyly vI Ajyhy bhuq ivAkqI ijaUNdy hn ijnHW ny iehnW XwdgwrW<br />
Aqy inSwnIAW ƒ A`KIN vyiKAw hY ijvyN ik srhMd dw TMfw burj, ij`Qy<br />
mwqw gUjrI jI Aqy Coty swihbzwidAW ƒ ShId krn qoN pihlW kVwky<br />
dI TMf ’c r`iKAw igAw sI[ ievyN hI aus kMD dw bhuq v`fw ih`sw,<br />
ijs iv`c Coty swihbzwidAW ƒ icixAw igAw sI; dmdmw swihb ij`Qy<br />
gurUu goibMd isMG swihb ny bYT ky bwbw dIp isMG Aqy BweI mnI isMG ƒ<br />
bwxI dy ArQ smJwey sI[ TMfy burj sbMDI kuJ lokW, ijnHW ny ies ƒ<br />
Asl rUp ’c dyiKAw hY, dw kihxw hY ik ieh ieqnw mzbUuq bixAw<br />
hoieAw sI ik sdIAW q`k bZYr r`K-rKwau dy Aqy bZYr Krcy dy ijayuN<br />
dw iqauN bixAw rihxw sI[ jy ies dI sMBwl kIqI jWdI qW hzwrW<br />
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swlW q`k vI ijauN dw iqauN hI KVHw rih skdw sI[ Awaux vwlIAW keI<br />
pIVHIAW swihbzwidAW dIAW lwimswl kurbwnIAW qoN is`KI jzby dI<br />
pRyrnw lY skdIAW sn[ pr ies dI mOilkqw ƒ bypCwx kr id`qw igAw<br />
hY[ iehI hwl AnMdpur swihb dy iklHy dw kIqw igAw hY[ byby nwnkI<br />
dw Gr, AnMdpur swihb dw iklHw Aqy hor Axigxq XwdgwrW ik`Dr<br />
geIAW AYs vyly jW qW ienHW ƒ pUrI qrHW sw& kr id`qw igAw hY jW<br />
nWmwqr hI rihx id`qw igAw hY, ijs qoN ienHW dI AslI Skl jW sUrq<br />
dw AMdwzw hI nhIN lgwieAw jw skdw[<br />
Aijhw vI nhIN hY ik SRomxI gurduAwrw pRbMDk kmytI dy AhudydwrW ƒ<br />
iehnW purwqn XwdgwrW dI mh`qqw dI sUJ nhIN hY[ kwr syvw vwly<br />
bwibAW, jo Awpxy-Awp ƒ gurU dy syvk smJdy hn, ny jy Srm nw lwh<br />
r`KI hovy qW auhnW ƒ vI ienHW QwvW qoN gurU nwl vwprIAW GtnwvW<br />
mihsUs hoxIAW cwhIdIAW sn[ ieh swrw kuJ ikauN Aqy iks dy ieSwry<br />
au~pr kIqw igAw hY mslw munwsb iDAwn mMgdw hY[ ieh vI suxn<br />
iv`c AwieAw hY ik ieiqhwsk AsQwnW dI kwr syvw pRwpq krn leI<br />
bwibAW v`loN gurduAwrw kmytIAW dy mYNbrW ƒ v`fIAW rkmW id`qIAW<br />
jWdIAW hn[ ie`k-ie`k bwby pws 20-20 kroV qoN au~pr rkmW jmHW hn[<br />
dovyN iDrW ies Dn ƒ ‘h`k dI kmweI’ smJ rhIAW hn[<br />
ieho hwl 1984 ’c drbwr swihb ’qy hoey POjI hmly dy PlsrUp sRI<br />
drbwr ’qy bxy golwbwrI dy inSwnW dw sony dw p`qry cVHw ky kIqw igAw[<br />
srovr dI prkrmw iv`c Fwhy gey kmirAW dI muV auswrI dw kMm qurq<br />
krvw id`qw igAw Aqy Akwl q^q swihb dI pUrI qrHW FwhI geI<br />
iemwrq ƒ muV idnW iv`c hI auswr ky is`K Drm nwl kmwey DRoh Aqy<br />
ies dy AnuXweIAW au~pr Fwhy gey zulm dIAW mUMhoN boldIAW inSwnIAW<br />
ƒ nSt kr id`qw igAw[ ieh 6 jUn 1984 ƒ vrqy kihr ƒ Bulw dyx<br />
dI kwrveI nhIN qW hor kI hY<br />
is`KW dy ienHW pRyrnw dy soimAW ƒ ipCly 30 swlW iv`c mlIAwmyt kr<br />
id`qw igAw hYy[ kwr syvw vwly bwibAW ny J`lpuxy ’c, ibnw iksy<br />
isAwxp dy AYsI syvw AwrMBI hoeI hY ijs nwl is`KW kol gurU swihbwn<br />
Aqy gurU-pMQ dy mhwn ShIdW dI Coh vwlI koeI cIz rih n jwvy[ ieauN<br />
jwpdw hY ik ieh iksy ivAwpk is`K-ivroDI swizS dI hI kVI hY ijs<br />
qihq ieh XkInI bxwieAw jw irhw hY ik iehnW ieiqhwsk inSwnIAW<br />
qoN pRyrnw lY ky ikDry is`KW ’c is`KI hor mzbUq nw ho jwvy Aqy ijhVy<br />
is`KI qoN dUr jw rhy hn, auh ikDry muV shI rsqy nw pY jwx[<br />
ivcwrvwnW dw kQn hY ik jy iksy kOm ƒ Kqm krnw hY qW Es dI bolI,<br />
ieiqhws Aqy siBAwcwrk ivrsy ƒ Kqm kr idE[<br />
ieMJ l`gdw hY ik is`KW ƒ ies pwsy socx jogy rihx hI nhIN id`qw<br />
igAw[ nhIN qW bhumu`lIAW XwdgwrW ƒ byrihmI nwl Fwhux dI kOx<br />
jurAq kr skdw sI huux vI pMQ-drdIAW dI nINdr Ku`lH jwvy qW bwkI<br />
rihMdIAW inSwnIAW ƒ Fwhux leI khIAW Aqy s`blW h`QW iv`c lY ky<br />
hrl-hrl krdy hoey ie`k dUjy nwloN A`gy dOVy iPrdy bwibAW dIAW is`KivroDI<br />
gqIivDIAW ƒ T`lH pweI jw skdI hY[ Ardws krdy hW ik<br />
Akwl purK, siqgurU pwqSwh is`KW ƒ hor keI dwnW qoN ielwvw bu`Dibbyk<br />
dw dwn b^Sy qW ik Aijhy duSkrmW qoN gurduAwrw pRbMDk Aqy<br />
kwr syvw vwly bwby bwz Aw jwx[ fw. suKjIq kOr ‘ig`l’ (cMfIgVH)<br />
*<br />
2. vYsy qW dunIAw dw hr Drm s`c Aqy nYiqkqw dI g`l krdw hY[<br />
pr sRI gurU nwnk pwqSwh jI dw is`K Drm qW hY hI sicAwr jIvn,<br />
inrml guxW Aqy SuB AmlW dw Drm[ blik siqgurU jI ny qW Drm<br />
dI dunIAw iv`c iv`crn vwly hr pRwxI mwqr ƒ AYsI jIvn-jugq<br />
Apnwaux dI hdwieq kIqI hY[ qW hI qW BweI gurdws jI ilKdy hn<br />
ik gurU pwqSwh dI bZdwd PyrI smyN kwzIAW ny swihbW ƒ ie`k suAwl<br />
p`uiCAw:<br />
“puCin Poil ikqwb ƒ ihMdU v`fw ik muslmwnoeI”]<br />
qy A`goN siqgurW dw juAwb sm`ucI mnuKqw vwsqy ie`k cwnx-munwrw hY:<br />
“bwbw AwKy hwjIAW SuiB AmlW bwJhu dono roeI”]<br />
jy siqgurU ƒ SuB AmlW qoN vWJy ihMdU muslmwn prvwn nhIN qW kI<br />
‘is`K’ ies vwsqy prvwn ho jwxgy ikauNik aunHW is`KI dw pihrwvw<br />
pwieAw hoieAw hY Aqy is`KI dy vwirs hox dy dwAvydwr hn<br />
siqgurU jI dw ieh sunyhw smu`cI mnu`Kqw vwsqy hY[ pr gurU-soc dy<br />
vwirs hox dy nwqy hr is`K dw pihlw &rz hY ik auh Awp ies ƒ<br />
Aml iv`c ilAwvy qy Pyr swrI mnu`Kqw ƒ ies dI AgvweI dyvy[ koeI<br />
vI is`K ies izMmyvwrI qoN mukq nhIN BwvyN auh Awm is`K hY jW Dwrimk<br />
AwgU, ZrIb ikrqI hY jW DnwF, Awm nwgirk hY jW koeI rwjsI<br />
AwgU[ siqgurU ny sB ƒ AwpxI izMmyvwrI gurmiq Anuswr inBwaux dI<br />
jwc vI Awp hI d`sI hY, ijvyN rwj krn vwly vwsqy siqgurU jI<br />
PurmwauNdy hn:<br />
“rwjy culI inAwv kI piVAw scu iDAwnu]” (pM.1240)<br />
“qKiq rwjw so bhY ij qKqY lwiek hoeI]<br />
ijnI scu pCwixAw scu rwjy soeI] (pM. 1088)<br />
pihlw is`K rwj kwiem krn vwly bwbw bMdw isMG bhwdr qoN lY ky<br />
rxjIq isMG dy smyN dy ^wlsw rwj q`k keI audwhrxW id`qIAW jw<br />
skdIAW hn ijnHW gurU-AwSy Anuswr rwj-Bwg clw ky ij`Qy prjw ƒ<br />
suK id`qw au~Qy is`KI dy nW ƒ vI cwr cMn lwey, AwpxI pMQ-pRsqI nwl<br />
is`KI ƒ pRPu`lq vI kIqw Aqy SuB guxW nwl sMswr iv`c is`KI dw mwn<br />
vI vDwieAw[<br />
1997 iv`c is`KW ny v`fI igxqI iv`c AkwlI dl ƒ votW pw ky rwj<br />
krn dw AiDkwrI bxw id`qw- ies Aws nwl ik ipCly do dhwikAW qoN<br />
zulm dw sMqwp Bog rhy is`K prvwrW ƒ kuJ rwhq imlygI[ is`K<br />
nOjuAwnI dw Gwx krn vwly zwlmW ƒ szwvW imlxgIAW; keI swlW qoN<br />
jylHW dIAW kwl-koTVIAW iv`c bMd, nOjvwnI qoN A`DKV aumr vl v`D<br />
rhy kurbwnIAW vwly, guris`K Awpxy prvwrW iv`c vwps prq skxgy;<br />
G`to-G`t is`K bhuigxqI vwly pMjwb iv`c is`KI pRPu`lq hovygI Aqy gurU-<br />
AwSy Anuswr inrml guxW nwl hlymI rwj kwiem kr ky AkwlI AwgU<br />
sMswr iv`c is`K kOm dw nW rOSn krngy[ ieh swry vwAdy AkwlI<br />
AwgUAW ny coxW qoN pihlW Awp kIqy sn; iBRStwcwr-rihq rwj dy JWsy<br />
id`qy sn[<br />
srkwr bxn ’qy ieh vI AwiKAw igAw ik rxjIq isMG dw rwj muV<br />
qoN Aw igAw hY[ Awpxy mUMhoN mIAW im`TU bxdy hoey pRkwS isMG bwdl ny<br />
Awpy hI Awpxy-Awp ƒ rxjIq isMG dy brwbr sQwpq kr ilAw[<br />
ieqnIAW v`fIAW AwsW lwaux smyN Swied is`K ieh Bu`l gey sn ik<br />
ieh AkwlI AwgU is`K kOm dy numwieMdy hox dw dwAvw qW Awp hI C`f<br />
cu`ky hn; 1996 dI ‘mogw knvYnSn’ iv`c auh AkwlI dl ƒ is`KW dI<br />
numwieMdw pwrtI dI bjwey ‘pMjwbI pwrtI’ AYlwn cu`ky hn; is`KI ByK dw<br />
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idKwvw Aqyy pMQk drd dw nwtk qW auh kyvl votW lYx vwsqy krdy<br />
hn[<br />
pRkwS isMG bwdl ny AkwlI mu`K-mMqrI dy qOr ’qy pihlI vwrI pUry pMj<br />
swl rwj kIqw[ ies dI kImq aunHW, Awpxy Awr.AYs.AYs Aqy bI.jy.pI<br />
dy AwkwvW ƒ, pMj swl is`KI jW pMQ dw nW vI nw lY ky Adw kIqI[ is`KI<br />
dI g`l qW kI krnI sI, sgoN ijqnI Fwh kOm ƒ pRkwS isMG bwdl dy<br />
rwj smyN l`gI auqnI Swied ipCly 50 swlW iv`c nhIN sI l`gI[ is`KI<br />
dI sB qoN v`fI duSmx j`QybMdI Awr.AYs.AYs. nwl bI.jy.pI. rwhIN ienHW<br />
dI sWJ kwrx Awr.AYs.AYs. dI ie`k ip`Cl`g sMsQw rwStRIX is`K sMgq<br />
ƒ ^wlsw swjnw idvs mnwaux dy nW ’qy kroVW rupey dI grWt nwl lYs<br />
kr ky pMjwb dy ipMf-ipMf iv`c vwV id`qw igAw ijnHW Awpxy duS-pRcwr<br />
Aqy pRBwv nwl is`KI isDWqW Aqy srUp ƒ brbwd kr ky bRwhmxvwdI<br />
soc dw gulwm bnwauxw SurU kr id`qw[ A`j jo is`KI dw BwrI Gwx nzr<br />
AwauNdw hY, auh bhuqw iesy dw nqIjw hY[<br />
is`KW ƒ sRI gurU gRMQ swihb qoN qoVn vwsqy sMqW dy nW ’qy pKMMfI bwibAW,<br />
fyirAW, mVHIAW, smwDW Aqy qWqirkW dw jwl pMjwb iv`c ivCw id`qw<br />
igAw[ ieh BoLI BwLI is`K jnqw ƒ vihmW-BrmW Aqy AigAwnqw Bry<br />
hnyr-Biv`K v`l D`k rhy hn[ Awpxy AwkwvW ƒ KuS krn leI Aqyy<br />
iehnW pMQ-mwrU swizSI sMsQwvW ƒ pRPu`lq krn leI pRkwS isMG bwdl,<br />
aunHW dw pirvwr Aqy aunHW dy vzIr iehnW pwKMfIAW kol jWdy rhy[ sRI<br />
gurU gRMQ swihb ƒ Aqy gurU-pMQ ƒ ip`T dy ky hvn krvwey gey,<br />
rwmwiex Awid gRMQW dy AKMf pwT krvwey gey, iqlk Aqy mukt lgwey<br />
gey[ ieh kihxw bykwr hY ik aus vyly bwdl ƒ pMQ Xwd nhIN AwieAw<br />
ikauNik auh qW Awp hI ie`k socI-smJI swizS ADIn pMQ ƒ brbwd<br />
krn leI hI ieh sB kr krw rhy sn[<br />
ij`Qy ikqy gurU ƒ smripq is`KW ny Avwz auTwaux dI koiSS kIqI aunHW<br />
ƒ sRI Akwl qKq swihb dw fr ivKw ky cu`p krw id`qw igAw[ sRI<br />
Akwl q^q swihb dI piv`qr-pwvn sMsQw dI srvau~cqw dI bjwey<br />
‘j`Qydwr’ ƒ srvau~c pRcwirAw igAw[ ies Ahudy nwl jo iKlvwV<br />
pRkwS isMG bwdl dy rwj-kwl jW AkwlI dl dI pRDwngI iv`c hoieAw<br />
hY, aus dI imswl ieiqhws iv`c ikqy nhIN imldI[ bwdl dy Qwpy iBRSt<br />
Aqy AwcrxhIx ‘j`QydwrW’ ny Awpxy kukrmW duAwrw sRI Akwl q^q<br />
swihb dI piv`qr sMsQw ƒ jo Fwh lweI hY, aus dI pUrqI jy AsMBv<br />
nhIN qW bhuq AOKI zrUr hY[ A`j ies sMsQw dw ‘j`Qydwr’ khwaux vwlw<br />
pRkwS isMG bwdl dw ie`k zrKrId Zulwm hY ijs dw ieh is`K kOm ƒ<br />
bRwhmxI jUly iv`c jkVn leI v`D qoN v`D iesqymwl kr irhw hY[ iesy<br />
leI ieh kihxw bykwr hY ik ieh sB kridAW bwdl ƒ pMQ Xwd nhIN<br />
AwieAw, ikauNik aus ƒ pMQ Bu`ilAw hI kdoN sI hW, aunHW dw inSwnw<br />
bVw spSt sI- ies pMQ dI brbwdI[<br />
zulm dw sMqwp Bog rhy is`K pirvwrW ƒ rwhq qW kI imlxI sI, aunHW<br />
qyy zulm Fwhux vwilAW ƒ qr`kIAW nwl invwijAw igAw[ is`K nOjuAwnW<br />
dy kwqlW dy kys srkwrI ^zwny nwl lVy gey; aunHW kwqlW dy kys ^qm<br />
krn jW krwaux dy auprwly kIqy gey[ pr 100 qoN v`D is`K nOjuAwnW,<br />
ijnHW dI juAwnI qW jylHW iv`c brbwd ho cu`kI hY, A`j vI jylHW iv`c rul<br />
rhy hn[ ienHW swirAW ny pMQk srkwr dy nW ’qy Awpxy sIinAW ’qy<br />
p`Qr r`K ilAw[ kWgrs srkwr ny is`KW ƒ mwrn dI h`d kr id`qI sI[<br />
pRkwS isMG bwdl ny AwpxI hI mW, jnmdwqI “is`KI” ƒ mwrn dw hr<br />
auprwlw kr ilAw[ rwj-Bwg imlidAW hI ‘iBRStwcwr rihq’ srkwr<br />
dy vwAdy krn vwly pRkwS isMG bwdl dy prvwr Aqy swQIAW ny l`ut<br />
mcw id`qI[ pMjwb dy lokW ƒ dohIN h`QIN lu`itAw igAw[ hr Ahudw<br />
ivikAw, hr bdlI dI kImq peI, hr in`ky qoN in`ky kMm dw mu`l<br />
v`itAw igAw[ jy rwjy irSvqI ho gey qW kirMidAW ik`QoN G`t krnI<br />
sI! sRI gurU nwnk pwqSwh dy inrml Aqy inAwry pMQ dy m`Qy klMk poq<br />
id`qw[ is`K ieiqhws ƒ SrimMdw kr id`qw[<br />
A`j jdoN pRkwS isMG bwdl leI Awpxy krmW dw PL Bogx dw smW<br />
AwieAw hY, aunHW qoN iBRStwcwr dI pu`C-ig`C hoeI hY, iBRStwcwr dw kys<br />
Adwlq iv`c phuMc igAw qW A`j pRkwS isMG bwdl ƒ muV pMQ Xwd<br />
AwieAw hY[ A`j auh pUrn qOr ’qy in`jI iBRStwcwr dy kysW ƒ pMQ dI<br />
lVweI bxwaux dI koiSs kr rhy hn[ l&zW dy qwxy-bwxy bux ky BoLy-<br />
BwLy is`KW ƒ guMmrwh krn dI hr koiSS ho rhI hY[pRkwS isMG bwdl<br />
dw AMdwz vI inrwlw hY[ auh Aksr kihMdy hn ik auh sRI Akwl<br />
q^q dw bhuq siqkwr krdy hn[ pr jdoN aunHW ƒ sRI Akwl q^q<br />
swihb ’qy bulwieAw igAw qW nwl hzwrW dI POj lY ky gey[ ieh<br />
Akwl q^q swihb ’qy pyS hox dw qrIkw sI ik Akwl q^q swihb<br />
’qy hmlw hor qW hor, pRkwS isMG bwdl ny sRI Akwl q^q swihb ’qy<br />
r`j ky guMfwgrdI kIqI[ ‘j`Qydwr’ sRI Akwl q^q swihb ƒ kmry iv`c<br />
luk ky, kuMfI bMd kr ky AwpxI jwn bcwauxI peI, bMd kmry ƒ Tu`fy<br />
mwry gey, gMd bikAw igAw[<br />
bwdl inAWpwilkw bwry iehI kihMdy hn ik auh BwrqI inAWpwilkw<br />
dw bhuq siqkwr krdy hn[ Swied iesy leI jdoN aunHW Adwlq iv`c<br />
pyS hox jwxw sI qW nwl AwpxI iBRSt-mMflI ƒ vI v`fI igxqI iv`c<br />
iek`Tw kr ilAw[ kI ieh Adwlq ƒ pRBwvq krn vwsqy nhIN sI<br />
ie`k g`l dI qwrI& zrUr krnI pvygI ik bwdl swihb dI iBRStmMflI<br />
pUrI qrHW aunHW dw swQ dy rhI hY[ dyvy vI ikauN nw bwdl dy<br />
rwj iv`c auh pUry BweIvwl sn[ Blw gurU pwiqSwh ny jW pMQ ny aunHW<br />
ƒ kI id`qw hY bwdl swihb ny qW aunHW ƒ au~cy AhuidAW, Dn-dOlq<br />
Aqy jwiedwdW dw mwlk bxwieAw hY[ Pyr gurU pwiqSwh ƒ qW jdoN<br />
mrzI AKMf pwT krvw ky, rumwlw cVHw ky jW gurduAwry iv`c sMgmrmr<br />
lgvw ky KuS kIqw jw skdw hY pr jy bwdl nwrwz ho gey qW bhuq<br />
muSkl ho jwvygI[ jy g`l ie`QoN q`k sImq huMdI qW Swied sIny ’qy p`Qr<br />
r`K ky brdwSq kr leI jWdI[ pr ienHW qW AwpxI ies suAwrQ dI<br />
jMg iv`c au~cIAW-s`ucIAW pMQk mirXwdwvW, pRMprwvW Aqy rvwieqW ƒ<br />
qihs-nihs kr id`qw hY[<br />
ijnHW gurduAwirAW iv`c gurU swihbwn dy gurpurb mnwey jWdy hn, kOm<br />
ƒ nvW jIvn dyx vwly mhwn ShIdW dy ieiqhwsk idhwVy mnwey jWdy<br />
hn, au~Qy iBRStwcwr dy kys iv`c jylH iv`c bMd isAwsI AwgU dw jnm<br />
idn pMQk p`Dr ’qy mnwieAw jw irhw hY[ aus dy jylH iv`coN zmwnq qy<br />
irhw hox ’qy sRI drbwr swihb Awaux ’qy v`fy–v`fy bYnr lgw ky ‘jI<br />
AwieAW’ AwiKAw jw irhw hY[ hor qW hor, ‘j`Qydwr’ Akwl q^q v`loN<br />
isropw id`qw jw irhw hY[ ieh qW kyvl zmwnq hoeI hY; iBRStwcwr dw<br />
kys qW ijauN dw iqauN au~Qy hI hY[ hW, jy kys iv`coN brI ho igAw huMdw<br />
qW vI koeI g`l bxdI sI[ ‘j`Qydwr’ ny vI jnrl fwier ƒ isropw dyx<br />
dw ieiqhws muV duhrw id`qw hY[<br />
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^Yr, ieh lok qW auhI kr rhy hn jo ienHW qoN Aws sI[ suAwl qW ieh<br />
hY ik A`j Awpxy-Awp ƒ pMQ-pRsq khwaux vwly kI krdy hn[ loV hY<br />
ik A`j sB pMQ-pRsq j`QybMdIAW Aqy S^sIAqW Awpxy swry m`qByd Bulw<br />
ky pMQ Aqy pMQk rvwieqW ’qy mirXwdwvW ƒ bcwaux leI ie`ksur<br />
Awvwz auTwaux[<br />
rwijMdr isMG, knvInr, SRomxI ^wlsw pMcwieq[<br />
*****<br />
vydWqI nU do icTIAwN<br />
igAwnI joigMdr isMG vydWqI, muK syvwdwr 13/01/2004<br />
SIR Akwl q^q swihb AimRqsr<br />
vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw[vwihgurU jI kI &iqh[[<br />
Awp jI ny spoksmYn dy siqkwrXog sMpwdk srdwr joigMdr isMG jI nUM<br />
bybuinAwd doSw dy ADwr qy SpStIkrx dyx leI SRI Akwl q^q swihb qy<br />
bulwieAw hY[ aunw dI pySI hI Awpxy Awp ivc vwd ivvwd dw ivSw hY[ hryk<br />
ivdvwn qy GVy GVwey doS lwey jWdy hn, ijvyN ik is~K irvwieqwN Aqy<br />
ruhrIqW dw ivroD Awid [ Xwd rhy ik is~K Drm dIAW mzbUq buinAwdW<br />
ibprvwdI pujwrIAW v~looN sQwipq kIqIAW krmkWfI ruhrIqW qy nhIN itkIAW<br />
hoeIAW sgoN gurmiq dy suinhrI isDWqW qy hn [ audwhrx vjoN purwqn isMGW<br />
ny AwpxIAW jwnW dI prvwh nW kridAW gYr is~K bhu bytIAW nUM zrvwixAW<br />
h~QoN bwiezq bcw ky suriKAq aunHw dy GrIN phuMcw ky Swndwr irvwieq<br />
kwiem kIqI pr vrqmwn smyN iksy grIb dI DI dI p~q iek mhMq v~loN luty<br />
jwx qy aus pirvwr nUM jQydwr v~loN ienswP qW kI imlxw sI sgoN aus mhMq<br />
nMU bcwieAw vI igAw [aus pirvwr nMU Aqy aunHW dy smrQkW nMU Apmwinq<br />
kIqw igAw PlsrUp aunW nMU iensw& leI duinAwvI kichrI dw dr<br />
^VkwExw ipAw[ pMQ ny &Yslw krnw hY ik Swndwr irvwieqW dw Gwx kOx<br />
kr irhw hY <br />
Awp jI pMQ drdIAW qy ieh doS vI Lwaudy ho ik ieh inqnym Aqy AimRq<br />
sMcwr dIAW bwxIAW ivc vI rOl Gcolw pWaudy hn [ igAwnI jI zrw ku Xwd<br />
kro AwpxI nvMbr 2002 dI lMfn &yrI jdoN Awp jI hMslo gurdvwrw swihb<br />
dI nvIN iemwrq dw nINh p~Qr r~Kx leI Awey sI [smwgm qoN aprMq Awp<br />
jI, dws syvw isMG Aqy pRDwn sR: gurcrn isMG auprlI mMjl vwly d&qr<br />
ivc bYTy vIcwr vtWdrw kr rhy sW[ pRDwn swihb ny Awp jI pwsoN puiCAw<br />
ik inqnym dIAW bwxIAW ikhVIAW hn qw Awp jI ny d~isAw ik –jpujI, jwp<br />
swihb, svYXY, AnMd swihb Aqy kibXovwc bynqI[ dws dI hYrwnI dI koeI<br />
h~d nw rhI Aqy tokidAW Awp jI dw iDAwn rihq mirAwdw ivclIAW pMj<br />
bwxIAW jpujI, jwp swihb, svYXY, rihrws Aqy kIrqn soihly vl idvwieAw<br />
qW iPr Awp jI ny jvwb idqw ik ieh glqI rih geI hY ies ivc jldI<br />
soD kr leI jwvygI ,dws nMU mzbUrn kihxw ipAw ik Awp jI Aqy Awp jI<br />
dy kuJ swQI Aijhw nhIN kr skdy Aijhw krn dI ivSyS ivDI pMQ v~loN<br />
inrDwirq kIqI geI hY jo ik rihq mirAwdw ‘c drz hY[ AMq ivc Awp jI<br />
dy pws ieho jvwb sI ik Aijhy msly CyV ik AsI vwd ivvwdW nMU jnm nW<br />
dyeIey[ is~K rihq mirAwdw swfI AgvweI krdI hY pr AsI ies dI<br />
aulMGxw krky is~K kOm vwsqy smisAWvW KVIAW kr rhy hW[ spSt hY ik<br />
is~K rihq mirAwdw Awp jI nMU hukmnwmy jwrI krn dw Aqy gurmuKW nMU pMQ<br />
ivcoN Cykx dw AiDkwr nhIN idMdI pr Awp jI Awpxy isAwsI mwlkNw nMU KuS<br />
krn leI gurmqI isDWqW dIAW DijAW aufw rhy ho[<br />
Awp jI dI ausy PyrI dOrwn gurimq bwry hor vI keI ivcwrW hoeIAW sn pr<br />
Awp jI dI nIqI twl mtoly vwlI hI rhI[ Awp jI ny pI AYc fI kr rhy do<br />
nOjvwnW nMU ibpRvwdI gRMQ pVx leI vI pRyirAw[ &lsrUp ieh hI ikhw jw<br />
skdw hY ik sMBv hY ik Awp jI nMU vydW dw igAwn hovy pr ieMj jwpdw hY<br />
ik Awp jI gurimq qoN AvS kory ho [ ieh vI jwpdw hY ik Awp jI dy Aws<br />
pws<br />
glq slwhkwrW Aqy pMQ ivroDIAW dw Jurmt ipAw hY ijhVy Awp jI pwsoN<br />
glqIAW krvweI jw rhy hn[<br />
igAwnI jI is~K rihq mirAwdw nMU ivdySW ivcly gurdvwirAW ivc lwgU<br />
krvwx leI AwdyS Byjx nwloN s~B qoN pihlW SRI drbwr swihb, SRI Akwl<br />
q^q swihb Aqy SromxI gurdvwrw pRbMDk kmytI dy pRbMD hyT Awaudy<br />
gurAsQWnW ivc lwgU krvwE iPr Awpxy nzdIkI swDW dy fyirAW ivc Aqy<br />
iPr Awpxy nvyN jotIdwrW dy sihXog nwl q^q SRI ptnw swihb Aqy q^q<br />
SRI hzUr swihb pr ies dw A~Kr-A~Kr lwgU krvwE jI [ieh Awp jI dI<br />
bhuq v~fI pRwpqI hovygI[ Awpxw smW zwqI rMzSW k~Fx leI AjWeI nw<br />
gvwE Aqy ies mnorQ dI pURRrqI LeI nw hI pivq~r SRI Akwl q^q swihb<br />
dI durvrqoN kro[ sRdwr joigMdr isMG jI sMpwdk spoksmYn vrgy ivdvwn<br />
dI pMQ nMU bhuq LoV hY auh bhuq suc~jI AgvweI dy rhy hn[ aunw bwry<br />
&Yslw qW bwdl swihb ny pihlW hI kIqw hoieAw hY Awp jI ny qW kyvl<br />
mohr hI LwExI hY [gurU pMQ dw dws,<br />
syvw isMG,<br />
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ipafry vIr igafnI joigMdr isMG jIE,<br />
vfihgurU jI df Kflsf ! vfihgurU jI dI PLqih !!<br />
mYN ieh KLq iek inmfxy iswK vjoN, iek dosq vjoN aqy iswK ielm dy<br />
iek qfilby-ielm (ivdvfn nf shI) vjoN ilK irhf hF .<br />
bIqy idn qusIN ‘spoksmYn’ irsfly dy aYzItr s[ joigMdr isMG nUM<br />
akfl qKLq sfihb `qy qlb kIqf sI . iek gwl mYN pihlF vfijLaf<br />
kr idaF ik s[ joigMdr isMG nf qF myry dosq hn qy nf irsLqydfr qy<br />
AunHF dI pflsI nfl myry coKy qPLwrkfq (ihMdI ivc mqByd) hn . pr,<br />
mYN ieh mihsUs krdf hF ik AunHF nUM akfl qKLq sfihb `qy qlb<br />
krnf (qy sjLf lfAuxf) pMQ dy ihqF ivc nhIN hY . qusIN ieh jfxdy ho<br />
ik AunHF ny qF akfl qKLq sfihb dy “jQydfr” dI hoNd nUM hI nhIN<br />
mMinaf qy ies kr ky Auh akfl qKLq sfihb `qy iksy vI hflq ivc<br />
pysL nhIN hoxgy . (qKLq sfihb dy ‘jQydfr” dy ahudy bfry AuNÖ sfry<br />
myry ipwCy turdy hn) .<br />
ies qkrIbn XkInI hY ik s[ joigMdr isMG ny quhfzy awgy<br />
pysL nhIN hoxf aqy qusIN iek-do vfr qlb krn mgroN AunHF nUM “pMQ<br />
`coN Kfirj” kr idEgy . qusIN awgy s[ gurbKLsL isMG kflf aPLgLfnf<br />
nUM vI ieMÖ hI “pMQ `coN Kfirj” kr cuky ho . ies qoN pihlF BfeI<br />
rxjIq isMG ny lMgr dy “hukmnfmy” dy nF `qy knyzf dy Cy iswK “pMQ<br />
`coN Kfirj” kIqy sn . ho skdf hY ik afAuNdy vyilaF ivc qusIN kuJ<br />
hor iswKF nUM vI ieMÖ hI “pMQ `coN Kfirj” kr idE . Blk nUM aijhy<br />
“Kfirj” iswKF dI igxqI lwKF qk vI puwj skdI hY .<br />
sB qoN pihlI gwl qF ieh hY ik s[ joigMdr isMG nUM ijs<br />
ibnf `qy qlb kIqf igaf hY AuhI jF Auho ijhI gwl s[ gurqyj isMG<br />
vI afK cuky hn qy hor keI iswK vI afK cuky hn aqy 26 akqUbr<br />
dI mohflI knvYnsLn ivc hfijLr pMj-swq hjLfr hor iswK vI ies dI<br />
qfeId kr cuky hn . ies ihsfb nfl s[ joigMdr isMG df “jurm”<br />
AunHF sfiraF iswKF df jurm bx jFdf hY pr qusIN qlb isrPL iek<br />
sLKLs nUM kIqf hY .<br />
ieh vI iKafl rhy ik ikAuNik s[ joigMdr isMG jI quhfzI<br />
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aYizt kIqI ikqfb ‘guriblfs pfqsLfhI CyvIN’ bfry nukqfcInI vflI<br />
smgrI ilKdy aqy Cfpdy rhy sn; ies kr ky quhfzy aYksLn qoN ieh<br />
soicaf jfvygf ik qusIN injI bdly dI soc nfl s[ joigMdr isMG `qy<br />
aYksLn ilaf hY . iehI gwl bhuq sfry iswK quhfzy s[ gurbKLsL isMG<br />
kflf aPLgLfnf nUM “pMQ `coN Kfirj” krn sbMDI vI afK rhy hn .<br />
ieh vI iKafl rhy ik awgy pMj-swq jF awT iswKF nUM pMQ coN<br />
Kfirj kIqf jf cukf hY qy ies nfl iswKF ivc AunHF dI vuwkq koeI<br />
bhuqI nhIN GtI . jy qusIN s[ joigMdr isMG vrgy iek hor iswK nUM “pMQ<br />
`coN Kfirj” kr vI idEgy qF vI koeI PLrk nhIN pYxf ikAuN ik hjLfrF<br />
iswK AunHF dy ihmfieqI hn . mohflI knvYnsLn nUM sfry akflI dlF,<br />
sLromxI gurduafrf pRbMDk kmytI, awDI drjn iswK stUzYNts<br />
PLYzrysLnF, keI nOjvfn akflI dlF qy keI hor jmfqF ny sfry hIly<br />
vrq ky rokx dI koisLsL kIqI sI . AunHF nUM qF sLfm qk vI XkIn nhIN<br />
sI ik Auh smfgm kr vI skxgy . afm lokF nUM vI XkIn nhIN sI ik<br />
smfgm hovygf qy dUjy pfsy ijnHF nUM jLrf-mfsf ies smfgm dy hox dI<br />
afs sI qy Auh AuWQy puwjxf cfhuMdy sn, AunHF nUM vI pqf nhIN sI ik<br />
smfgm ikwQy hovygf . pr ies dy bfvjUd Aus smfgm ivc pMj-swq qoN<br />
awT hjLfr qk iswK sLfiml hoey . ies ihsfb nfl jy AunHF dy smfgm<br />
ivc rukfvtF nf KVHIaF huMdIaF qF Aus ivc sLfied vIh-pMJI qoN pMjfh<br />
hjLfr qk iswK sLfiml ho skdy sn . myrf ieh afKx df mqlb<br />
hrigjL AunHF dIaF isPLqF krnf nhIN blik ieh kihxf hY ik sLfied<br />
AunHF nfl 25 qoN 50 hjLfr qk iswK sfQ dy skdy hn .<br />
mMn lE Blky qusIN s[ joigMdr isMG nUM ‘bfgLI’ afK ky “pMQ<br />
`coN Kfirj” kr dyNdy ho qy Auh ies dy jvfb ivc iek iekwT kr ky<br />
quhfnUM rwd kr dyNdy hn qF ieh akfl qKLq sfihb dy ruqby nUM Zfh<br />
lfAux vflI gwl hI qF hovygI . aijhI hflq ivc kuJ lok s[ joigMdr<br />
isMG nUM qKLq sfihb dI ies byhurmqI df ijLMmydfr afKxgy aqy kuJ<br />
ieh kihxgy ik ies dy ijLMmydfr qusIN ho ijnHF ny jfx buJ ky “af bOld<br />
mYnUM mfr” vflI gwl kIqI hY . dUjy lPLjLF ivc hr hflq ivc ies nfl<br />
akfl qKLq sfihb dI ieMstIicAUsLn dI byhurmqI hovygI .<br />
myrI quhfnUM arjL hY ik qusIN s[ joigMdr isMG df mslf<br />
pMQk ivdvfnF dI iek kmytI nUM sONp idE jo hor ivdvfnF nUM swd ky<br />
iek bMd bYTk ivc ies bfry ivcfr kry qy ies dI irport akfl<br />
qKLq sfihb dy muK syvfdfr nUM pysL kry . aijhf amrjIq isMG vloN<br />
jvwdI zyry dI mYgLjLIn ‘ivsmfd nfd’ ivc ilKy lyK vyly vI kIqf igaf<br />
sI .<br />
afs hY afp aijhf krogy aqy akfl qKLq sfihb nUM sMkt<br />
ivc pYx qoN bcfa lvogy . pr, jy qusIN kfhlI ivc jF iksy dbfa hyT<br />
koeI gLlq kdm cuk ilaf qF qvfrIKL quhfnUM vI muafPL nhIN krygI .<br />
gurU pMQ df iek inmfxf syvk, zfktr hrijMdr isMG idlgIr<br />
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akfl qKLq sfihb nUM bcfE<br />
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iswK Drm afm DrmF vrgf iek krm-kFzI Drm nhIN hY .<br />
ies ivc jIvn jfc hY, ieKLlfk hY, rUhfnIaq hY; qy sB qoN vwzI gwl<br />
ieh hY ik ies ivc ‘KLudfeI’ hY . sLfied isrPL iswK hI afpxy afp nUM<br />
akfl qKLq sfihb, Xfin akfl purK, dI irafieaf mMndf hY . ies<br />
akfl qKLq dy PLlsPLy ivc mIrI qy pIrI iewko QF aqy iek jujL ivc<br />
iekwTIaF hn . ieh ies PLlsPLy df afdrsLk isKr hY . ieh sfry<br />
nukqy lMbI qPLsIlI qnkIh mMgdy hn ies kr ky mYN hQly pypr ivc<br />
ienHF nUM nhIN CyVFgf .<br />
iswKI dy Gyry ivc kuJ ieMstIicAUsLnjL aijhIaF hn jo ies<br />
PLlsPLy dy somy vI hn qy ies dI qfkq vI hn . ieh ieMstIicAUsLnjL<br />
hn: gurU gRMQ sfihb, aMimRq, akfl qKLq sfihb, ‘pMj ipafry’ aqy<br />
srbq Kflsf . AuNÖ, ajokI hflq ivc, ies ivc sLromxI akflI<br />
dl, sLRomxI gurduafrf pRbMDk kmytI (qy idwlI aqy hor gurduafrf<br />
kmytIaF) nUM vI pMQ dIaF nvIaF ieMstIicAUsLnjL ivc sLfiml krn<br />
dI koisLsL kIqI jFdI hY pr myrI ingh ivc ieh ieMstIicAUsLnjL nhIN<br />
blik afrgynfeIjLysLnjL hn . mYN ies pypr ivc, isrPL do mOilk<br />
ieMstIicAUsLnjL dI gwl krnI cfhvFgf aqy sYkMzrI qy vkqI<br />
ieMstIicAUsLnjL, Xfin afrgynfeIjLysLnjL, dI nhIN .<br />
pMj ipafiraF nUM bqOr iek ieMstIicAUsLn dy nhIN ilaf<br />
jfxf cfhIdf ikAuN ik ies df qvfrIKLI ipCokV isrPL Kflsf prgt<br />
krn dy idn (30 mfrc 1698/1699) nfl juiVaf hoieaf hY aqy<br />
ies dI hsqI nUM isrPL aMimRq sMskfr dOrfn hI kbUl kIqf jf skdf<br />
hY nf ik akfl qKLq sfihb qy hor “qKLqF” dy gRMQIaF, aKOqI isMGsfihbfn”<br />
vjoN iek ieMstIicAUsLn dy rUp ivc . ieh koeI pMcfieqI<br />
isDFq nhIN qy nf hI ieh rUsI pRIjLIzIam vFg hY, jo iek KLfs juwt<br />
vFg, ‘suprIm’ qfkq bx ky, “hkUmq” krn vflI isMzIkyt bx jfdI<br />
hY . iswKI ivc iksy aijhI KLfs qy supr qfkq dI koeI qvfrIKL,<br />
irvfieq jF PLlsPLf nhIN hY . ieMÖ hI iswKI ivc “pMj” dI igxqI dI<br />
vI koeI aihmIaq nhIN hY . pr kuJ sflF qoN ies nUM (pMj gRMQIaF,<br />
aKOqI ‘isMG sfihb’ dy nF hyT) qfkq jF zrfvy/dbky dI sLkl ivc<br />
aKOqI ‘pMj ipafiraF’ nUM AuvyN hI vriqaf igaf hY ijvyN akfl qKLq<br />
sfihb nUM . ies kr ky ies df eynf kU ijLkr jLrUrI sI . asl gwl<br />
mYN akfl qKLq sfihb bfry gwl krnI cfhvFgf .<br />
akfl qKLq sfihb df PLlsPLf dunIaF ivc sB qoN vD<br />
lfsfnI hY . dunIaF dy iksy Drm, iksy kOm kol qfkq df ieho ijhf<br />
mrkjL nhIN hY . guru sfihb ny ieh iek aijhI ieMstIicAUsLn prgt<br />
kIqI hY ijs nfl iswK kOm nUM mIrI-pIrI dI hsqI df mrkjL aqy<br />
drbfr hfisl ho igaf hY . akfl qKLq nUM afpxf iesLt mMnx vflf<br />
iswK afpxy afp akfl purK dI PLOj df ihwsf bx jFdf hY . akfl<br />
qKLq sfihb iswK dI sLfn hY, afn hY, mfx hY qy jfn hY . ies qKLq<br />
nfl sbMiDq hoxf akfl purK dI, Xfin AucyrI dunIaF df sLihrI hoxf<br />
hY . muZ kdIm qoN dunIaF Br ivc iPLlfsPLr (sxy sukrfq, arsqU,<br />
plYto, mYikafvlI, lfskI, mfrks, cfxkX vgLYrf) Dfrimk aqy<br />
isafsI KyqrF ivc, mfarkf-KLyjL isDFq GVdy af rhy hn pr AunHF<br />
df suJfieaf koeI isDFq vI akfl qKLq dy PLlsPLy dy nyVy nhIN puwj<br />
sikaf ikAuN ik ieh ‘afKLrI’ PLlsPLf hY . swc qF ieh hY ik dunIaF<br />
dy vwK-vwK DrmF dy awlfmf ajy qk qF mIrI qy pIrI dI eykqf nUM<br />
smJ hI nhIN sky .<br />
akfl qKLq sfihb sqfrvIN sdI df jF iewkIvIN sdI df<br />
nhIN blik sdIvI PLlsPLf hY . ies qoN aglyrI gwl kdy vI nhIN<br />
kIqI jf skygI . ies nUM apxfey ibnf iensfn PLfsLI soc, aKOqI<br />
mulk pRsqI, nfjLI ijLhnIaq, iPLrkf pRsqI vgLYrf qoN injfq nhIN pf<br />
skdf . mfrks dI stytlYWs susfietI, rUso dI mnuwKI afjLfdI jF<br />
supr afjLfdI, inqsLy dy suprmYn dI dunIaF dI soc jy iek QfeyN<br />
iekwTI vI kr leIey qF vI Auh akfl qKLq sfihb dy PLlsPLy df<br />
mukfblf nhIN kr skdI . swc qF ieh hY ik iek afm afdmI ivc<br />
ies PLlsPLy nUM smJx dI pfieaF vI nhIN .<br />
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pr aPLsos df mukfm qF ieh hY ik aYnf vwzf PLlsPLf qy<br />
aYnI vwzI ieMstIicAUsLn hox dy bfvjUd, ies nUM dunIaF Br ivc<br />
PLYlfAuxf qF kI, asIN ies nUM KLfls rUp ivc kfiem vI nhIN rK sky .<br />
kdy asIN ies nUM pujfrIaF, kdy pMj gRMQIaF (pMj ipafry dy PLlsPLy nUM<br />
ivgfV ky) qy kdy srkt hfAUs qoN nfmjLd kr ky a-iswK kYd ivc<br />
nUV dyNdy hF . kdy ies nUM DiVaF dI eykqf (qy PLuwt) dI pihlI sLrq<br />
bxf lYNdy hF qy kdy ies sLrq (BfeI rxjIq isMG) nUM sLromxI kmytI<br />
dI pRDfngI qoN kurbfn kr dyNdy hF . kdy ies dy aKOqI huknfimaF nUM<br />
‘ielfhI hukm’ grdfn dyNdy hF qy kdy ienHF nUM (ijvyN igafnI joigMdr<br />
isMG vydFqI rfhIN pUrn isMG dy aKOqI ‘hukmnfmy’) rwd vI krvf dyNdy<br />
hF . asIN dUijaF nUM afKdy hF ik Auh ienHF nUM nf mMxn dI sUrq ivc<br />
pMQ wcoN “Kfirj” ho jfxgy pr afp ienHF wqy aml nhIN krdy (Gto-Gt<br />
cfr, sLfied vDyry, hukmnfimaF wqy qF sLRomxI kmytI ny afp vI aml<br />
nhIN kIqf) . ieho ijhIaF hrkqF nfl asIN akfl qKLq sfihb vrgI<br />
sB qoN mhfn ieMstIicAUsLn dIaF DwjIaF Auzfx ivc koeI ksr nhIN<br />
CwzI .<br />
ies sB qoN vwzy PLlsPLy ies ieMstIicAUsLnjL nUM AunHF lokF ny<br />
hI Gwty-kOzIaF roilaf ijnHF nUM ies dy muK syvfdfr qy COxI-brdfr<br />
bxfieaf igaf sI . ies dI bjfie ik akfl qKLq sfihb nUM kul<br />
lokfeI df qKLq bxfieaf jFdf, ies ieMstIicAUsLnjL nfl qF aijhf<br />
slUk kIqf igaf ik ies mhfn qKLq nUM gLYr-iswK qF kI gLYr-akflI<br />
iswK vI ies nUM Eprf smJx lg pey . iPr hOlI-hOlI ieh isrPL<br />
sLromxI kmytI dy kfbjL DVy df qKLq bx igaf . qkrIbn do dhfky<br />
gurcrn isMG tOhVf ny ies nUM afpxI injI qfkq vjoN hfeIjYk krI<br />
rwiKaf . 1999 ivc qF ieh iek cIPL minstr (bfdl) dI JolI jf<br />
ipaf . Xfin iek mhfn ieMstIicAUsLn isrPL iek sLKLs dI<br />
jgIrdfrfnf, PLfsLI snk jF injI loVF muqfibk vrqI jfx lg peI .<br />
ienHf gwlF ny akfl qKLq sfihb dI byhurmqI krn ivc sB qoN vD<br />
rol adf kIqf .<br />
awj hflq ieh hY ik hr koeI ies qKLq sfihb nUM cYlMj<br />
krn lg ipaf hY . ies dy ‘aKOqI hukmnfimaF’ nUM iKwdo vFg roilaf<br />
jf irhf hY . aYnI mhfn ieMstIicAUsLn nUM eyny inGfr vl DUh iljfx dy<br />
ijLMmydfr vDyry Auh hI mMny jfxgy jo ies dy srbrfh qy syvfdfr sn qy<br />
jF ienHF syvfdfrF nUM nfmjLd krn jF afpxy ihqF vfsqy vrqx vfly .<br />
sfnUM ies gwl nUM dlyrI nfl mMn lYxf cfhIdf hY ik 10 jUn 1978 qoN<br />
mgroN dy isrPL do-cfr nUM Cwz ky bfkI sfry “hukmnfimaF” wqy Aus<br />
vkq dy sLromxI kmytI dy pRDfn, akflI pfrtI dI isafsI DVybfjLI jF<br />
lfgqbfjLI df prCfvF njLr afAuNdf hY .<br />
eynf hI bs nhIN blik akfl qKLq sfihb vrgI mhfn<br />
ieMstIicAUsLn nUM ieMj vriqaf igaf hY ijvyN ik ieh ieMzstrIal<br />
JgiVaF dy PLYsly krn vfsqy iek itRibAUnl jF iksy ipMz dI<br />
‘pMcfieqI adflq’ hovy . kI akfl qKLq sfihb isrPL akflI pfrtI<br />
dy JgiVaF dy hwl vfsqy hY iPr ienHF JgiVaF df “hwl” krn<br />
vfsqy, sLromxI kmytI dy vyly dy pRDfn dy zr hyTF jF iksy hor zr jF<br />
lflc jF DVybfjLI hyT, akfl qKLq sfihb qoN “huknfimaF” nUM jfrI<br />
krvfieaf jFdf hY . bIqy sflF ivc sLRomxI kmytI dy pRDfnF ny<br />
aijhIaF hrkqF vfsqy BfeI rxjIq isMG, pUrn isMG, joigMdr isMG<br />
vydFqI nUM rwj ky vriqaf hY .<br />
pr, kuJ akflI cODrIaF ny vI ies qKLq dI “aQfrtI” nUM<br />
sLryafm cYlMj vI kIqf hY . 1979 ivc pRkfsL isMG bfdl ny sfDU isMG<br />
BOrf nUM Aus dy puwqr dI nOkrI sbMDI kfbU ivc kr ilaf, iPr (1986<br />
ivc) surjIq brnflf ny akfl qKLq sfihb dy iKLlfPL lONgovfl ivc<br />
iekwT kr ky, pRkfsL isMG bfdl ny (1994 ivc) akfl qKLq mUhry<br />
BIVF iekwTIaF kr ky qy dihsLq idKf ky, bIbI jfgIr kOr ny (2000<br />
ivc) TuwT idKf ky akfl qKLq sfihb (jF pUrn isMG) dy aKOqI<br />
“hukmnfmy” dy dbky nUM byasr kr idqf sI . ieho ijhI hfsohIxI<br />
hflq df kfrn kuJ cODrIaF vwloN ies mhfn ieMstIicAUsLn nUM injI<br />
ihqF vfsqy vrqx dI sfijsL sI . ieho ijhIaF hrkqF kfrn, iswK<br />
ivdvfnF dy nfl-nfl sMjIdf iswKF df vI ies mhfn ieMstIicAUsLn dy<br />
syvfdfrF qoN XkIn AuTx lg ipaf qy gLYr-iswKF nUM vI ies hflq ivc<br />
ies bfry GtIaf gwlF krn df mOkf iml igaf .<br />
kI akfl qKLq sfihb hfkm DVy dy muKLflPLF nUM DmkIaF<br />
dyx, dbky mfrn, pMQ coN Cykx, aKOqI hukmnfmy jfrI krn vfsqy hI<br />
hY jF ies ny kOmI BlfeI vfsqy vI koeI rol adf vI krnf hY . ies<br />
qKLq sfihb qy ies vkq jo kfrvfeIaF ho rhIaF hn kI Auh akfl<br />
purK dy qKLq dy drjy (stYNzrz) dIaF hn akfl qKLq sfihb df<br />
mOjUdf rol 1979 qoN sLurU huMdf hY; kI ienHF 25 sflF ivc akfl qKLq<br />
sfihb ny pMQ dI ibKVI hflq bfry vI koeI kfrvfeI/pRfjYkt/aYksLn<br />
kIqf hY <br />
ieMÖ hI ies svfl df jvfb vI pMQ nUM idqf jfvy ik bIqy<br />
20 sflF ivc akfl qKLq sfihb dI syvf qy qfeInfq muK syvfdfr<br />
(aKOqI jQydfr) ivdysLF ivc ikMnI vfr gey hn qy AunHF ny AuQoN ikMny<br />
pYsy iekwTy kr ky ilaFdy hn qy Auh rkm ikQy KLrcI hY crcf hY<br />
ik ipCly 20 sflF ivc aKOqI jQydfrF aqy aYkitMg jQydfrF ny pMj<br />
kroV ruipaf iekwTf kIqf hY qy ies ivcoN 90 qoN 99% rkm AunHF ny<br />
zkfr leI hY . (pr, dfn df DMn hVp krn dI sjLf qF vfihgurU hI<br />
dyxgy) .<br />
kI akfl qKLq sfihb df rol isrPL akflI pfrtI dy afly<br />
duafly hI GuMmdf hY kI akfl qKLq sfihb df koeI hor rol nhIN hY<br />
iswK ies vkq kbIilaF, mnUvfdI jLfq-pfq, jiQaF ivc vMzy hoey<br />
hn qy a-iswK mfhOl ivc ivcr rhy hn . kI ieh akfl qKLq<br />
sfihb df PLrjL nhIN sI ik iswKF nUM iek BfeIcfry ivc proieaf jfx<br />
vfsqy koeI rol adf krdf hor qF hor igafnI pUrn isMG, jo KLud<br />
iek aKOqI pCVI jLfq nfl sbMD rKdf sI, ny vI ies mnUvfd nUM<br />
KLqm krn vfsqy kuJ nf kIqf, sgoN Auh afp bRfhmx dy jfl ivc<br />
Psdf guru sfihb nUM vI bRfhmxI cfl df ihwsf bxf ky lv-kusL dI<br />
aOlfd drsfAux dI hrkq vl tur ipaf .<br />
aKOqI pCVIaF jLfqF dy bhuqy afgUaF df ieh duKFq hY ik<br />
Auh mnUvfdIaF dy iKLlfPL rOlf qF pfAuNdy hn pr Auh iPr ienHF<br />
mnUvfdIaF dy jfl ivc hI Ps jFdy hn . ies mnUvfdI cfl df sB qoN<br />
vwzf aYksLn sI pMjfb dy rivdfsIaF nUM iswKF qoN qoV ky bRfhmxI cfl<br />
df ihwsf bxfAuxf . ies sfijsL hyTF AunHF ny bfbf Bgq rivdfs nUM<br />
“gurU” aKvf ky iswKI qoN dUr kIqf pr mnUvfdIaF ny afp kdy vI<br />
ienHF pCVIaF jLfqF nUM kbUl nf kIqf . ieMj aKOqI pCVIaF jLfqF dy<br />
afgU bRfhmx dI mnUvfdI cfl df isLkfr ho gey .<br />
akfl qKLq sfihb aqy iswK afgUaF qy ivdvfnF ny vI ies<br />
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sfijsL nUM rokx vfsqy kdy koeI kdm nhIN cuikaf . mYN akqUbr 2003<br />
ivc sLromxI kmytI vwloN bxfeI geI iek sLqfbdI kmytI dI mIitMg<br />
ivc ieh suJfa idqf sI ik aKOqI pCVIaF jLfqF dI iswKI qoN dUrI<br />
KLqm krn vfsqy Bgq bfbf rivdfs, Bgq kbIr qy bfbf nfm dyv dy<br />
jnm idn drbfr sfihb mMjI sfihb qy mnfey jfx . BfvyN ies suJfa<br />
nUM mnjLUr qF kr ilaf igaf hY pr ies df PLfiedf qF hI hovygf jy<br />
ies sbMDI coKf amlI pRcfr krn vflf iltrycr vI aKOqI pCVIaF<br />
jLfqF dy lokF qk phuMcfieaf jfvy qy aKOqI pCVIaF jLfqF dy lokF nUM<br />
sc-muc Brf vFg kbUilaf jfvy . vrnf, ieh iek qvfrIKLI mqf bx<br />
ky PLfeIlF ivc kYd ho jfvygf .<br />
awj akfl qKLq sfihb (dr asl ies df muK syvfdfr, Aus dI<br />
kfrgujLfrI qy Aus dy aKOqI-huknfmy) dI keI pfisaF qoN nukqfcInI ho<br />
rhI hY . ienHF nukqfcInI dy ipCokV ivc iek pfsy gLYr-iswK hn qy<br />
dUjy pfsy sMjIdf aflm-PLfjLl hn . gLYr -iswKF nUM lgfm pfAux vfsqy<br />
qF sLfied koeI zurlI jwQf hI vDyry rol adf kr skdf hY pr iswK<br />
awlfmf dI nukqfcInI iek iPLkr vflI gwl hY . ies df mqlb sfPL hY<br />
ik akfl qKLq sfihb df muK syvfdfr afpxy rol qoN kuqfhI kr irhf<br />
hY . ies df vkqI ielfj qF ieh hY ik Aus nUM bdl idqf jfvy . pr,<br />
ies df pwkf ielfj ieh hY ik ies dy muK syvfdfr nUM srbq Kflsf<br />
vwloN cuxn df qrIkf nIaq kIqf jfvy; Aus dy rol, PLrjL imwQy jfx;<br />
Aus dI imafd imwQI jfvy, Aus dy gLlq clx qy Aus nUM bdlx df<br />
qrIkf imiQaf jfvy . ieh kr ky hI asIN ies mhfn ieMstIicAUsn nUM<br />
bcf skFgy vrnf sLromxI kmytI dy “hfkm” ies pMQ nUM do ihwisaF<br />
ivc vMz ky rK dyxgy .<br />
zfktr hrijMdr isMG idlgIr<br />
*****<br />
gurmiq pRkwS AkqUbr 2003<br />
'AwgU lY auJiV pvY iksu kry pukwrw'<br />
1- kRoVW dI Awmdn vwlI So:gu:pR; kmytI dy muV muV pRDwn bxI AwauNdy<br />
rhy isAwsI pYNqVy bwzIAW dy inpuMn iKfwrI j: gurcrn isMG jI tOhVw dI<br />
C`qrCwieAw hyTW BweI mnjIq isMG klk`qw jI vI Pyr s`kqr Aw bxy hn"<br />
inrsMdyh bVI mh`qqw vwlI ies ^br qoN eynI hYrwnI nhIN sI hoeI ijMnI<br />
A^bwrW ivc Cp rhI klk`qw jI dI ies GoSnw qoN huMdI rhI sI ik dws<br />
(kwlw A&Zwnw) dIAW ilKqw ivcly ku&r qoN is`K jgq nUM jwxU krvwaux<br />
leI auh Drm prcwr kmytI koloN "gurmiq pRkws" dw aucycw AMk k`Fvw rhy<br />
hn ies GoSnw qoN hYrwnI BrI auqsukqw hox dw kwrn ieh sI ik, DM|wxy<br />
hI dws dy vYrI bx bYTy igAwnI joigMdr isMG jI vydWqI ny dws nUM pMQ ivcoN<br />
Cykx leI Fu`kvW Fu`cr l`Bx leI AwpxI mrzI dy cuxy ivdvwnW dIAW<br />
kmytIAW iek qoN v~D vwr bxweIAW, imSnrI kwljW koloN ilKqI irportW<br />
mMgvweIAW, hor vI keI Xog AXog auprwly kIqy, pr guurU-SbdW dy ADwr qy<br />
ilKIAW 9 pusqkW ivcoN, gurmiq ivroDI koeI ie`k vI dlIl, pusqk dw koeI<br />
pYrw, jW AXog vrqoN vwlw koeI ie`k vI gurU Sbd nw sI iml sikAw[ iPr<br />
aunHW hI pusqkW ivcoN klk`qw jI nUM dws dw "JUT" ilKx leI gurmiq pRkwS<br />
dw aucycw AMk k`Fvwaux dw supnw iks ADwr qy AwieAw hovygw hYrwnI sI<br />
ik pqw nhIN iks krmwqI cqurweI dI vrqoN nwl pusqkW ivcoN klk`qw jI ny<br />
ikho ijhw ku&r l`B ivKwauxw hY <br />
2- bYcYnI BrI auqsukqw nwl dws ny gurmiq pRkwS pVHnw ArMiBAw<br />
qW (1) bwhrI s&y qy nzr pYNidAW hI hYrwn rih igAw, ik, tweItl s&y (-<br />
Title Page) qy hI gurmiq ivroDI duKdweI GoSnw (2)- ies dy mu`K<br />
sMpwdk jI vI auh BweI cmkOr isMG jI, ijnHW bwry dws dy ihrdy ny bVw<br />
siqkwr kbUilAw hoieAw hY -(3)-kI, sc muc hI pMQk durBwg isKrW qy<br />
jw pu`jw Ajyhy duKdweI AnuBv hox dy kwrnw dw vyrvw:-<br />
(a)- "gurmiq pRkwS" qW guris`KW leI gurmiq dIAW syDW dw hvwlw p`qr<br />
bx cu`kw sI aus dy bwhrI s&y (tweItl pyj) qy qsvIrW sihq " BgqI<br />
qy SkqI dy somy hirmMdr swihb Aqy Akwl q^q swihb" Cwp dyx dw is`Dw<br />
ArQ siqgurU gRMQ swihb jI dy SuB guxW dy BMfwry qy nwdr SwhI fwkw kI,<br />
Drm-prcwr kmytI eynI Axjwwx bx geI ik aus ny gurmiq dy ies zrUrI<br />
isDWq dI Av`igAw dy pUrny pw Byjy hn -(1)-idRsitmwn sBu ibnsIAY<br />
ikAw lgih gvwr ]2]{ibl:m: 5-pMnw 808} (2)-eysy aupdyS dw dUjw<br />
rUp-"jo dIsY so sgl ibnwsY ijau bwdr kI CwhI ]1]...2]{1231}-(3)-<br />
aupdyS dw qIsrw rUp ieh- "ndrI AwvY iqsu isau mohu ] ikau imlIAY pRB<br />
AibnwsI qoih ] kir ikrpw moih mwrig pwvhu ] swDsMgiq kY AMcil<br />
lwvhu ]1] kau qrIAY ibiKAw sMswru ] siqguru boihQu pwvY pwir ]1]<br />
rhwau ] 1]{iblw:m: 5-pMnw 801}-gurmiq pRqI syDW dyx leI bxI Drm<br />
prcwr kmytI vloN "siq siq siq siq siq gurdyv ]" dy QW- "JUTu JUTu<br />
JUTu JUTu Awn sB syv "]{1166} dI isiKAw {Note:- auprokq -(1)-<br />
(2)-(3)-iqMnw rUpW dy gurmiq isDWq nwl sbMiDq gurU SbdW dI ArQW<br />
sihq- (kRmvwr-) -30, 29 qy 19 kul 78 gurU SbdW dI sUcI dws koloN<br />
AQvw Intrenet qoN iml skdI hY}[ ieh ikqy gurU gRMQ swihb jI dI mihmw<br />
nUM ^qm krn dIAW swzSW ivc nvW vwDw qW nhIN hoieAw <br />
(A)- (1) ^wlsw jI dI kyNdrI jQydwrI Aqy aus dI Drm prcwr<br />
kmytI vwly kI ieh vI nhIN sn jwxdy ik, guriblws ivc siqgurU Arjn<br />
swihb jI pwqr dy rUp iv`c vrqidAw ilKwrI ny aunHW nUM (poQI swihb qoN vI<br />
s`Kxy kyvl) hirmMdr swihb dIAW nMgy pYrI inkIAW v`fIAW pRkrmW nwl<br />
fMfOqW krdy bVy KulHy cVHq cVHwivAW sihq pUjw Bytw krdy, mMgW purIAW<br />
krn dIAW ArdwsW dy nwl s`uKxw su`Kdy Aid gurisKW leI pUrny pwauNdy<br />
keI vwr drswieAw hox vwlI kQW fyVH sdI qoN v`D smw suxidAW rihx dy<br />
kwrn isKW ivc bxI SrDw qoN hirmMdr jI Aqy Akwl q^q jI nUM "BgqI"<br />
Aqy "SkqI" dy pRqIk qW ikhw jw skdw hY pr SuB guxw dy Asl (AnUpm<br />
Aqy AQwh) somy kyvl Aqy kyvl siqgurU gRMQ swihb jI hI hn [ gurU gRMQ<br />
swihb jI dI hoNd qo ibnW AQvw guruU dyv jI dy izkr q`k qoN ibnw iliKAw<br />
mMdr (Building) SuB guxW dw somw, AQvw is`KW leI pUjnIk nhIN mMinAw<br />
jw skdw[ (2)- ies scweI nUM vI iksy XukqI nwl JuTlwieAw nhIN jw<br />
skdw ik, hirmMdr jI AQvw Akwl q^q jI jIaUNdy jwgdy pRwxI hn sgoN<br />
ieh vI p`QrW dIAW mUrqIAW vWg inrijMd AQvw imRqk hI hn[ kI swfI<br />
Drm prcwr kmytI gurU bwxI dy prmwx nwl is`D kr skdI hY ik aunHW ny<br />
Ajyhw krky ies gurU &urmwn dI inrwdrI nhIN kIqI - mhlw 5 ].. jo<br />
pwQr kau khqy dyv ] qw kI ibrQw hovY syv ] jo pwQr kI pWeI pwie ]<br />
iqs kI Gwl AjWeI jwie ]1] Twkuru hmrw sd bolµqw ] srb jIAw kau<br />
pRBu dwnu dyqw ]1] rhwau ] AMqir dyau n jwnY AMDu ] BRm kw moihAw pwvY<br />
PMDu ] n pwQru bolY nw ikCu dyie ] Pokt krm inhPl hY syv ]2] jy<br />
imrqk kau cMdnu cVwvY ] aus qy khhu kvn Pl pwvY ] jy imrqk kau<br />
ibstw mwih rulweI ] qW imrqk kw ikAw Git jweI ]3]<br />
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3- "joiq Ehw jugiq swie sih kwieAw Pyir pltIAY ] gurU hukm<br />
dy siqkwr ivc ies dlIl dI ivroDqw Swied koeI vI isAwxw guris`K nw<br />
kry ik gurU gRMQ swihb jI dy siqkwr nUM siqgurU nwnk swihb jI dy qu`l<br />
ijauN dw iqauN bxweI rKx leI, hir iek guris`K nuM idR~V krvweI r`Kxw<br />
cwhIdw sI ik bhu srUpI grUugRMQ swihb jI BwvyN iksy vI QW (in`jI invws<br />
AsQwn ivc qy Bwvy iksy v`fy qoN vfy ieiqhwsk AsQwn qy) prkwSmwn hox<br />
aunHW nUM auhI guru gRMQ swihb smJxw qy mMnxw hY ijs nUM sRI gurU goibMd<br />
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isMG jI ny gurU nwnk swihb dI guirAweI dI sdIvI mwlkI sONpI sI[ hr<br />
ie`k pwvn gurU bIV nUM sw^Swq siqgurU nwnk swihb hI smJidAW iek swr<br />
siqkwr nwl gurU hkumW dy Anuswr AwpxI jIvn jugq bxweI rK`xI gurUis`KI<br />
dI ivAwiKAw bx jwxI cwhIdI sI [ pr 18vIN sdI qoN hI sB kuJ aultw<br />
huMdw Aw irhw hY[ swfy Dwrimk AwgUAW ny gurU siqkwr ivc vwDw qW kI<br />
krnw sI aultw gurU gRMQ swihb jI dy srUpW pRqI ivqkry bxweI rKx dy<br />
pUrny hirmMdr jI dy AMdr qoN Aqy prkRmw dy cOigrdy qoN inrMqr pweI qury Aw<br />
rhy hn[ ijs kwrn isKW dy mnW ivc ACoply hI inrwdrI dw Ajyhw AnuBv<br />
bx igAw ik dys ivdys dy gurU drbwrW ivc bVy bdnwmIAW Bry Bwxy vrqxy<br />
swfw durBwg bx igAw [ hux AkqUbr mhIny dy gurmiq pRkwS dy tweItl<br />
pyj qoN qW ieauN l`gw hY ijvyN AjokI jQydwrI ny siqgurU gRMQ swihb jI dy<br />
ivr`uD KulHI bZwvq dw ibZl hI vjw id`qw hovy <br />
vMngI vjo gMBIr SMkw:-<br />
kI kwrn hY ik ijs qrHW dw siqkwr hirmMdr jI dy dIvwn hwl ivc<br />
pRkwSmwn siqgurU gRMQ swihb dw hY hirmMdr swihb jI dy AMdr hI dUjIAW<br />
QwvW qy sRI drbwr swihb jI dy bwkI swry ivhVy (Complex) ivc keI QwvW<br />
qy pRkwSmn “bhusrUpI gurU gRMQ swihb” dy pwvn srUpW ivcoN iksy ie`k dw vI<br />
vYsw siqkwr huMdw vyKx nUM kdy nhIN imilAw <br />
kRrmvwr gurmiq ivcwrW:-<br />
(a)- Drm pRcwr kmytI ieqhws dI ies scweI nUM JUTlw nhI skdI<br />
ik, bwl aumrw ivc jdoN siqgurU nwnk swihb jI ny jgq dy bx bYTy bRwhmx<br />
gurU koloN sdw nwl inBn vwly jnyaU dI mMg kridAW aus dy hQW dw v`itAw<br />
sUq dy Dwgy dw nwsvMq jnyaU pwaux qoN nwh kIqI qW bRwhmx vrg siqgurU jI<br />
dw vYrI bx igAw sI [ iBMfrW vwly sMq gXwnI gurbcn isMG jI ^wlsw dy<br />
ilKy Anuswr, gurU nwnk swihb jI dy ivAwh smy btwly ivKy gurdyv jI nUM<br />
purwxI kMD dy hyTW dy ky ^qm krn dw As&l Xqn vI aunHW pRohqW ny hI<br />
kIqw sI [ ib`pR jI nUM siqgurU nwnk swihb jI dy ivru~D aucycw rMj ies<br />
kwrx sI ik, auh pihly rhibr sn ijnHW ny aus dIAW lMptI AYSpRqIAW dI<br />
Awmdn dy inrMqr vih rhy somy dI pCwx kr leI sI[ ijs krmkWfI Brmjwl<br />
dI bdOlq ZrIb ikrqIAW dI lhU psIny dI kmweI bRwhmx dI JolI ivc<br />
inrMqr pY rhI sI, siqgrW dw aupdyS aus mwieAw jwl dIAW jVHW KoKlIAW<br />
krI jw irhw sI[ AwpxI AQwh Awmdn dy swDn krmkWfI mRXwdw leI ^qrw<br />
bx rhI pwvn gurbwxI ivc Kot rlw ky ArQW dw AnArQ bxwaux dw Xqn<br />
AwrMB kr ilAw[ sujwn pMcm siqgurU nwnk swhb jI ny gurbwxI nUM vYrIAW<br />
dI phuMc leI jd AsMBv bxw ilAw qW ivdvwn dUridRSt ib`pr kutlqw Bry<br />
sbr nwl Xog smy dI aufIk iv`c dV v`t bYTw[ 1708 ivc gurU gRMQ swihb<br />
jI nUM sdIvI mwlkI sONpI jwx nUM F`ukvW smw jwx ky gurmiq dy vYrI bRwhmx<br />
kWsI ivKy isr joV bYTy Aqy gurmiq igAwn nUM sdw leI ins&l bwxwaux dI<br />
Xojnw ADIn gurmiq ivroDI sm`gRI ilKx ivc jut gey[<br />
ivSwl rwj SkqI vwly bu`D Drm nUM Bwrq ivcoN mwr mukwaux dI s&lqw qoN<br />
AhMkwry hoey, JUTIAW khwxIAW GVn ivc inpuMn, gurmiq dy vfy igAwqw,<br />
ies ib`pR ny ijMnI vI gurmiq ivroDI sm`gRI iqAwr kIqI aus ivco "guriblws<br />
pwqSwhI 6" gRMQ AjyhI sm`gRI dw BMfwrw sI ijs ivclI hr iek gwQw<br />
gurmiq dy iek qoN v`D isDwqW dy QW bRwhmxI rIqW nUM gurU swihbwn dy Awpxy<br />
jIvn dw ih`sw bxw rhI sI/hY [ guriblws dI BUimkw dy 69 s&y Anuswr aus<br />
gRMQ dw rcnw kwl ienHW SbdW ivc iliKAw hoieAw hY-"guribls dI rcnw<br />
dw kwrj ie`k jyT 1774 ib: nUM AwrMB hoieAw qy 22 idn swvx bqIiqAW<br />
1775 ib: nUM smwpq hoieAw "[ sp`St hY ik ilKwrI bRwhmxw ny ieh gRMQ<br />
sMn 1718 (gurU gRMQ swihb jI nUM guirAweI sONpI jwx dy 10 swlW dy) ivc<br />
hI Awpxy dUjy rUp, audwsI inrmly AQvw mhMq ivdvwnW kol pucw id`qw[ iPr<br />
eyhI tolw isKI nUM ^qm krn dI bxI XojnW ADIn, is`KI dy au~qm pRcwrk dy<br />
ByK iv`c, siqgurU nwnk swihb jI dI DrmSwlw dw sMBwlU qy sMcwilk Aw<br />
bixAw [ gurmiq dy vYrIAW vloN siqgurU nwnk swihb jI dI is`KI nUM<br />
bypCwxw bxwaux leI iqAwr kIqw ieh guriblws pwqSwhI 6 gRMQ, vYrIAW<br />
dw iek AmoG bwx sI[ krmkWfI sMskwrW gRsy hzwrW swlW dy ipCokV vwly<br />
Aqy bRwhmx vloN jwx buJ ky ividAw qoN kory r`^y gey ^wlsw jI nUM qW ies<br />
gRMQ koloN kohW dUr r`Kxw cwhIdw sI, (gurU gRMQ swihb dI ksv`tI qy prK ky<br />
ies ivclI lwhyvMd sm`gRI aucycI sMBwl ivc lY ky, gurmiq ivroDI sm`gRI<br />
AqIq dy hnyirAW ivc guMm kr id`qI jwxI, gurmiq dI s`cI syvw smJx dI<br />
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Awpy hI Aw bxy swfy Drm-AwgU mhMq ib`pRW ny ies gRMQ nUM AjyhI Xojnw b`D<br />
ivDIAW nwl pRcwirAw ik ies ivclw swry dw swrw AnrQ swfy leI AslI<br />
gurmiq bx igAw[ pMQk bdiksmqI dw is^r vyKo ik, AjokI jQydwrI<br />
mOhry dI gMdl ausy guriblws nUM isKW leI hvwlw gRMQ bxwaux leI A`j vI<br />
inrMqr Xqn SIl hI hY[ guriblws pwqShI 6 pusqk dI pRkwSk hox dy<br />
nwqy DrmpRcwr kmytI aus gRMQ dI BUimkw ivc ilKy sRI vydWqI jI dy ienHW<br />
bcnW qoN ienkwrI nhI ho skdI-" ieMj prqIiq huMdw hY ik ieh gRMQ pRwcIn<br />
smyN ivc is`K pMQ AMdr bhuq hI hrmn ipAwrw hox dy kwrn pRcilq irhw<br />
hY ikauNik ies gRMQ dIAW AnykW (sYNkVy hzwrw) h`Q ilkKqW, p`Qr Cwpy<br />
dIAW prqIAW qy bwAd ivc Cwpy ^wny dy moty tweIp ivc AYfISnW CpIAW-<br />
" is`D hY ik 18vIN sdI qoN ijhVw gRMQ swfy Awcrn ivc gurmiq dy QW<br />
bRwhmxvwd vwVI Aw irhw hY Ajokw Dwrimk AwgU vI ausy hI gRMQ nUM swfw<br />
Drm gRMQ bxwaux leI bycYn hY[ ienHW q~QW qoN pRq`K hY ik Ajokw Drm AwgU<br />
ausy dw hI vtwieAw hoieAw rUp hY ijs nUM gurU duAwirAw ivcoN k`Fx leI<br />
1921 ivc aus smy dy AkwlIAW nUM bVIAW kurwbwnI dyxIAW peIAW sn,<br />
Aqy ijhVw sYkVy swlW qoN gur gRMQ swihb jI dI mihmW nUM inrMqr Korw lweI<br />
Aw irhw hY[ jy Ajy vI gurmiq dy AslI vYrIAW dI pCwx kridAW isKI dy<br />
kyNdrI Drm-pRbMD nUM gurmiq dy pUrn igAwqw imSnrI socW vwly suihrd<br />
gurmuK ivdvwnW dy h`QW ivc nw sOipAw qW isMG swihbI dy mwlk bxy bYTy<br />
Drm AwgU-rUp ienW Supreme j`jW ny ijvyN pwvn q^qW auqy SsqrW dy<br />
rUp ivc ivSnU dI pUjw SurU kIqI hoeI hY, auh idn vI bhuqI dUr nhI hn<br />
jd hirmMdr jI iv`c vI cqurBujI kiQq r`b dI mUrqI Aw sQwpq hoxI hY[<br />
(e) kI Drm prcwr kmytI vwly mhWpurK hyT ilKIAW scweIAW qoN<br />
ienkwrI ho skdy hn:-<br />
(1)- ik, SRo:gu: pR: kmytI dy kol 1708 (gurU gRMQ swihb jI nUM guirAweI<br />
sONpI jwx) qoN pihlW dw nw koeI ieqhwsk gRMQ hY nw gurU ieiqhws dI koeI<br />
pusqk hY, AQvw nw hI sp`St nwm pqy vwly ilKwrI dI AjyhI koeI ilKq<br />
hI hY, ijs qoN sRI hirmMdr swihb dI Aqy sRI Akwl q^q jI dI bnwvt<br />
(Design) Aqy nIh p`Qr rKx dy nwl aunHW dI auswrI kIqI jwx dy vyrvy<br />
bwry koeI toh iml skdI hovy <br />
(2)- ik, Awpxw ieqhws ilKx qoN AsmrQ, gurmiq dy igAn qoN hIxy<br />
swfy kyNdrI Dwrimk AwgU dy rUp iv`c ^ud mu^iqAwr (Despot) hwkmW kol<br />
(guriblws pwqSwhI 6 qo pihlW dw) gurU ieiqhws dw purwqn hor koeI gRMQ<br />
nhIN hY<br />
(3)-ik, "hoie iekqR imlhu myry BweI duibDw dUir krhu ilv lwie ] hir<br />
nwmY ky hovhu joVI gurmuiK bYshu sPw ivCwie ]1]" gurmiq isDWq dI<br />
swkwr krqw, siqgurU nwnk swihb jI dI Drm Swlw dI ivSwlqw dy sMklp<br />
q`k nUM imtwaux dI XojnW ADIn srovr dy ivckwr cwr drvwizAW vwlw qy<br />
ieko pwsy sVk rUp pul vwl Ajokw hirmMdr jI, cqurBujI BRwhmxI r`b jI<br />
ny Awpxy leI bxvwaux dy vyrvy vwlw pRsMg ausy guribwlws pwqSwhI 6 dy<br />
pMjvy AiDAwie ivc bVI pRBwvSwlI SbdwvlI ivc iliKAw hoieAw hY qy<br />
ies gRMQ qoN pihlW dw iliKAw hor rIx mwqr vI sbUq swfI isrmor<br />
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jQydwrI kol nhIN hY ijs qoN ieh ikhw jw irhw hY ik Ajoky hirmMdr swihb<br />
dw nINh p`Qr gurU Arjn swihb jI ny pIr mIAW mIr jI dy h`QoN hI rKwieAw<br />
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(4)- ik, gurU swihb jI dy ivSrwm leI koTVI Bwv Ajokw koTw swihb vI<br />
pUrIAW inSwndyhIAW sihq cqur BujI Bgvwn jI ny Awp hI bxvwieAw hox<br />
dw swKSI vI kyvl guriblws p: 6 hI hY <br />
(5)- hir mMdr swihb ivc inrMqr iGau dI joq jgnI, pihr rwq bIq<br />
jwx qy gurU gRMQ swihb jI dy kyvl aus srUp nUM ijs pwvn srUp dw pRkwS<br />
dIvwnhwl ivc kIqw huMdw hY, sMKW GiVAwlW dy bRwhmxI FMg dy Sor Srwby<br />
nwl koTw swihb jI ivc ivSrwm leI lY jwxw (Bwv, gurU gRMQ swihb jI dy<br />
srUpW nwl pRq`K ivqkirAW Bry ivhwr dy inq pUrny ), &rS dw (du`D nwl)<br />
ieSnwn krvw ky in`q nvyN bsqr pwayuxy, svyry pihr rwq rihMidAW kyvl<br />
hir mMdr swihb jI dy aucycy siqkwr vjoN Awsw dI vwr dw gwien AwrMB<br />
krnw, (mhwrwjy AQvw, scy pwqSwh jI qo ibnw hI drbwr dI kwrveI<br />
AwrMB krn dI sMswr qoN inAwrI Aqy gurmiq ivroDI mRXwdw ) do GVIAW<br />
rwq rihMidAW koTw swihb jI qoN gurU gRMQ swihb nUM hirmMd swihb ilAwauxw<br />
qy Awvwzw lYxw, (mgroN pqw nhIN kdoN, iks ADwr qy Aqyy iks ny ies QohVy<br />
ijhy pYNfy leI gurU gRMQ swihb leI pwlkI iv`c ilAwauux dI mRXwdw nUM Drm<br />
dw ih`sw bxw id`qw ), swrw idn Sdb ivcwr qoN ibnw lgwqwr rwgW ivc<br />
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cOkI inklxI, sRI Akwl q^q dw sMklp, auswrI dw ieqhws, mIrI pIrI dw<br />
sMklp qy do qlvwrw, SsqrW dy rUp ivc ivSnUM rUp Akwl purK dI pUjw<br />
Awid, swrI dI swrI (gurmiq ivroDI) mrXwdw kyvl Aqy kyvl ies<br />
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(s) jd aupurokq vrxn sB kuJ guriblws dI hI dyx is`D hY qW ies<br />
pRcilq mRXwdw nUM gurmiq ivroDI jW bRwhmxI mRXwdw kihxw jQydwrI ny pwp<br />
iks ADwr qy mMn riKAw hY jI <br />
(h) ik, hr roz hirmMdr swihb qoN hukmnwmw bwhr Byjx dI nvI mRXwdw dw<br />
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ins&l bx jwvy gurU srUpW pRqI SrDw ivc pwey jw rhy ivqkry dw kI<br />
ieh iek nvW rUp nhIN hY jI <br />
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kI, pwTkW nUM smJw skygI ik dohW ivco pUjnIk kOx hY, nwsvMq mnuKI h`QW<br />
nwl bxIAW idRStmwn iemwrqW (Buildings), ik jW bhup`KI AnUpm qy nIq<br />
nvyN igAwn dy iniD, siqguuruU gRMQ swihb jI gurisKW nUM jwx buJ kY AOJVy<br />
pwauxw hI jy grmuKqweI hY qW mnmuKqweI iks nUM khogy jI <br />
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rwhu pCwxY ] ikau rwih jwvY<br />
mhlu pwvY AMD kI miq AMDlI ] ivxu nwm hir ky kCu n sUJY AMDu<br />
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zrurI sUcnw rUp jodVI- 26 AkqUr nUM hoeI kwn&rMs qy gurU sMgqW<br />
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dws Bwrq Aw skdw hY[<br />
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nwl kIqI inrol vDIkI qoN pMQ ivc peI pwto DwV pMQ dI cVHdI klw dw<br />
sUck nhIN hY[ dws ny gurU gRMQ swihb dy igAwn qy pRyrq ho ky siqguurU jI<br />
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so jy suihrdqw nwl KulIHAW ivcwrW qoN Brm BuluyKy dUr krky byienws&I Bry<br />
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kVvwht nUM dUr krn ihq dws hr prkwr dI kubwnI krn leI iqAwr hY[<br />
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gRMQ swihb jI dI hzUrI dy QW (guriblws pwqSwhI 6 pusqk AiDAwie 8<br />
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dws dI ishq BwvyN Ajy vI Bwrq qk dw s&r dI Kycl J`lx<br />
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iqAwr hY[ BweI joigMdr isMG jI qlvwVw, vkIl lWbw jI AQvw f:<br />
gurb^S isMG jI smyq Drm prcwr kmytI jW, vydWqI jI dy nyVU swry<br />
ivdvwn s``jx ijnHW ny dws dIAW pusqkW nUM gurmiq ivroDI jwixAw hY mMjI<br />
(swihb) gurUdAwryy jI dy KulHy guruU drbwr ivc pqrkwrW sroiqAW Aid<br />
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ik myry kol ijhVIaF imsLnrI syDF peIaF sn Auh sfrIaF qUMny pVH<br />
lIqIaF hn qF myry leI hor afAuxIaF bMd ho geIaF. ieh juvfb AunHF<br />
mYnUM iksI dy hwQ Byijaf. iPr mYny soicaf ik afp jI vwl pwqr ByjF jF<br />
kflj vwl, iPr soicaf ik iewk imsLnrI hox dy nfqy qusF nUM pwqr Byjx<br />
leI soicaf. Pr musIbq ieh sI ik ijhVHIaF “imsLnrI syDF” mYny<br />
pVHIaF sn Auh sfrIaF sMn 1998, 99,aqy 2000 dIaF sn. ijs<br />
krky mYny soicaf ik afp jIaF vwl pwqr nhIN ByjFgf ikAuNik hux qF<br />
sMn 2003 cwl irhf hY, ies qrHF nF hovy ik qusF df pqf bdl igaf<br />
hovy. iPr mYny ies mfmly nUM Cwz hI idwqf.<br />
hux nnkfxf sfihb(2003) dy gurpurb qoN bfad mYN Gr jf irhf sF ik<br />
acfnk mYnUM iewk BfeI ny “imsLnrI syDF” idKfeI qy ikhf ik ieh mYnUM<br />
iksI ny idwqI hY. jd mYN “imsLnrI syDF” vyKI qF ieh mfrc 2002 dI<br />
sI, soicaf ik ho skdf hY ik ies aMk ivwc vYb-sfeIt hovygf jd KolH<br />
ky dyKI qF nF ies ivwc vYb-sfeIt qy Pon nMbr sI ikAuNik ies ivwc<br />
pihly 10 aMk hI nhIN sn pr afKrI aMg qy afp jI df pqf vyiKaf<br />
qF afp jI nUM hQlf pwqr Byj idwqf.<br />
hux mYN afpxy ivsLy qy afAuNdf hF-bfbf jI! mYN cfhuMdf hF ik qusI myry<br />
leI iewk imsLnrI hox dy nfqy “sfihbjLdf juJfr isMG gurmiq<br />
imsLnrI kflj ropVH” qoN PRI imsLnrI syDF qkrIbn 5 slF leI Byjo.<br />
ijvyN ik mYN dws cuikaf hF ik asIN byhwd grIb hF, ies leI sfzy Gr<br />
vfilaF nUM gurmiq ivwc koeI idlcspI nhIN hY . mYN Gr ivwc iekwlf<br />
isMG hF so mYnUM “imsLnrI syDF” bhuq cMgI lgdI hY qy afp ikRpf kro<br />
mYnUM afpxy pfsoN hr mhIny ieh prcf Byjdy rho. jF iPr myrf<br />
zfierYkt dfKlf krvf ky mYnMU kflj qoN pMj sflF qwk Byjo qF ik mYN<br />
pUrn guriswK bx skF. mYnUM “<strong>Sikh</strong> Missionary College-<br />
Ludhiana” hr cIjL PRI Byjdf hY qy mYN qusF pfsoN BI AumId krdf<br />
hF. agr qusIN myrf do sflf kors ivwc dfKLlf krvfAuNxf cfhUMdy ho qF<br />
Auh BI mYnUM Byj skdy ho mYN Br ky afp jI vwl Byj idaf krFgf. mYnUM<br />
pqf hY ik <strong>Sikh</strong> Missionary College(Ludhiana) and Gurmat<br />
Missionary College(Ropar) df kors iewko hI hY.<br />
hF jy qusIN ieh kMm nhIN kr skdy qF iewk imsLnrI hox dy nfqy qusIN<br />
mYnUM afpxy koloN hn mhIny pusqkF, kYlMzr, kYstF afid kuJ nf kuJ<br />
jrUr Byijaf kro jF iPr myry leI, amrIkf dy iksI iswK imsLnrI<br />
kflj jF susfietI jF iPr iksI iswK XUnIvristI ivwc PRI dfKlf<br />
krvf dyvo jo mYnUM gurmiq pRcfrk, pUrn guriswK sMq-ispfhI bxn dy<br />
leI hr mhIny PRI typF pusqkF afid Byjy.<br />
mYny mlysLIaf, XU[ky[,knyzf dy kuJ BfeIaF nfl vI gwl kIqI sI pr<br />
AunHF ny hfly qwk nF koeI jvfb qy nF koeI pusqk afid ByjI hY. ies<br />
qrHF nF hovy ik qusIN vI mYnUM koeI jvfb nF dyvo. qusF df jvfb kI hY<br />
mYnUM koeI cIjL Byjdy ho jF nhIN jvfb jrUr dyxf qF ik mYnUM lMbI<br />
ieMqjLfr nf krnI pvy. mYnUM Pon qy jvfb dyx leI pfiksqfn df kMtrI<br />
koz 92 imlf ky eyrIaf koz 938 aqy Pon nM: 410530 qy pfiksqfnI<br />
tfeIm dy muqfibk dupihr dy 1:00 qoN lY ky 5:00 vjy qwk jF iPr rfq<br />
dy vkq 9 qoN 9:30 ieh nM:92-938-410456 imlf ky Pon kr skdy<br />
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imlx df pqf hY:-<br />
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mYnUM jvfb jrUr dyxf. KLq ivwc hoeI Buwl-cuwk muafPL krnf. ieh KLq<br />
mYN afp jIaF vwl 24-11-2003 nUM Byj irhf hF. afp mYnUM guriswK<br />
bxn qy myry supinaF nUM sfkfr krn leI myrI mdd jrUr kro]<br />
afp jI df Cotf BfeI(puwqr),<br />
anUp isMG, pfiksqfn<br />
*****<br />
AkwlqKq swihb Aqy AkwlbuMgw<br />
pMQ dy mhwn ivdvwn BweI kwhn isMG jI nwBw Anuswr sMmq 1665 (sMn<br />
1608) ivc CyvyN pwqSwh ny AkwlbuMgw (mojUdw Akwl qKq swihb) nUM<br />
kwiem kIqw[ drAsl ieh buMgw zwimn sI pMQ dI Awzwd hsqI dw qwik<br />
smyN smyN dIAW hkUmqW jW ivroDI qwkqW pMQ nUM Apxy dbwA jW pRBwv ADIn<br />
nw vrq skx[ pr ies dw ieh mnSw kdy vI nhIN sI pMQ ivc kdy koeI<br />
ivdvwn auBr hI nw sky Aqy ivroDI qwkqW ieQy Apxy ip~TU ‘jQydwr’ jW<br />
‘isMG swihb’ kwiem krky pMQ dIAW siqkwrjog hsqIAW nUM hI in~q<br />
Apmwinq krn[<br />
iesqoN v~fI gl ik iesdw nwm ieiqhws ivc kdy vI ‘Akwl<br />
qKq’ jW ‘AkwlqKq swihb’ nhIN AwieAw[ hW, pwqSwh ieQy qKq lgw<br />
ky, do v~kq idvwn sjwieAw krdy sn[ ‘Akwl qKq’ qW isKI jIvn dw<br />
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isDWq hY, Aqy auh hn swihb sRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI[ iblifMg qW iek<br />
v~KrI gl hY[ sMswr aupr jykr ik~Dry vI ‘Akwl qKq swihb’ vwlw isDWq<br />
pRgt huMdw hY qW ausdw pRgtwvw hn- kyvl Aqy kyvl swihb sRI gurU gRMQ<br />
swihb jI-ijhVw ik smyM smyN nwl mwrUQlW Aqy CMbW dy sQwnW qoN vI pRgt<br />
krn dI loV peI- koeI ivSyS sQwn, koeI mnuK jW iblifMg nhIN[ iesyqrHW<br />
isKW aupr ijhVw hukmnwmw lwgU huMdw hY-kyvl Aqy kyvl gurbwxI rUp<br />
‘swihb sRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI’ dw[ iksy mnuK jW sMsQw dw nhIN[ qW suAwl<br />
pYdw huMdw hY hY ik kI ‘swihb sRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI’ iksy nUM pMQ ivcoN Cykx<br />
dI iejwzq dyNdy hn kdwicq nhIN[<br />
qW iPr smW mMg krdw hY ik kdoN Aqy iks Srwrq ADIn ‘gurU<br />
gRMQ swihb jI dI qwibAw AgvwhI krn vwsqy kwiem kIqy gey sQwn nUM hI<br />
Acwnk ‘Akwl qKq’ ivc qbdIl kr idqw igAw Aqy DrqI aupr ‘Akwl<br />
purK dy hI AslI qKq ‘swihb sRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI’ nUM dUjy nMbr qy pw<br />
idqw igAw[ iesqrHW ‘swihb sRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI’ dI qwibAw clx vwsqy<br />
kwiem ies gurU dy pMQ dI hONd nUM hI KyrUM KyrUM krn dI iek kuitl cwl clI<br />
geI[<br />
kdy gurUfMm Aqy fyhry kwiem kIqy gey auhnW dI ip~T TokI geI<br />
jdoN dwl nhIN glI qW pihlI vwrI 18 mwrc 1887 nUM, pRo: gurmuK isMG dy<br />
pMQ ivcoN Cykx dI Kyf dw AwrMB ieQoN hI kIqw igAw[ auprMq kdy gurUnwnk<br />
jhwz (kwmwgwtw mwrU jhwz) dy BweI guridq isMG nUM “ AYNtI nYSnl” Aqy<br />
“AYNtI isK” dy ‘iKqwb’ nwl ieQoN invwijAw igAw Aqy kdy gdrI bwibAW<br />
nUM[ kdy kwiql-vihSI jnrl fwier nUMN ieQoN dy zr KrId jyQdwr ArUV<br />
isMG qoN ‘isropw’ duAwieAw igAw[ ieQoN hI iesy jnrl fwier nUM ieh vI<br />
kihlvwieAw igAw ‘qUM kyswDwrI nhIN qW koeI gl nhIN-qUM smoikMg krdw hY<br />
qW vI koeI gl nhIN, qUM auh sB vI krdw rih-qW vI kI hoieAw pr qUM<br />
‘AMimRq C~k skdw hY’[ ieQON hI gwj if~gI qW pMQ dI mhwn hsqI igAwnI<br />
Bwg isMG jI AMbwlw aupr Aqy hun pMQ dI mwieAw nwz hsqI kwlw A&gwnw<br />
jI aupr[ ieQoN hI ikqny hI rwjnIiqk “hukmnwimAW” dw frwmW jdoN jIA<br />
AwieAw cwlU kr idqy gey Aqy jdoN loV smJI qW vwips lYx dIAW KyfW<br />
KyfIAW jWdIAW hn[ iek jQydwr, dUjy jQydwrW nUM pMQ ivcoN Cyk irhw Aqy<br />
dUjw auhnW nUM vwips lY irhw hY ‘AwiKr ikauNN- ikauNik ieh jQydwr qW kyvl<br />
srkwrW dy pwxI Brn vwly hn’ ijhVw hukm auproN auhnW dy Awkw dw huMdw hY,<br />
vjw rhy hn[ auhnW dy Apny hI pYdw kIqy hukmnwimAW dI AwV ivc, kdy<br />
isKW nUM myzW-kursIAW dy stMt CyV ky do-&wV kIqw jWdw hY[ kdy ‘PCO’ qoN<br />
‘jQydwrW’ nUM hI pMQ ivcoN Cykx vwsqy hukmnwmyN ieSU kIqy jWdy hn[ iehnW dy<br />
jQydwr AKvwaux vwly, isKW nUM kdy ‘lv-kuS’ dI aulwd grdwn rhy hn,<br />
kdy kwlw A&gwnw nwl ‘vIifau twk’ dIAW glW krky Awp mYdwn ivcoN dOV<br />
rhy hn Aqy pMQ ivcoN Cykx dw frwmw kr rhy hn[ ieh swry frwmy kyvl<br />
ipCly kuJ smyN qoN hn[<br />
AwiKr iehnW ‘jQydwrW’ jW ‘gRMQIAW’ pws, iksy nUM pMQ ivcoN Cykx<br />
vwsqy ieho jhy ‘hukmnwimAW’ vwlw h~k AwieAw ikQON ieh h~k nW hI qW<br />
iehnW nUM ‘swihb sRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI ny idqw hY , nw hI ‘isK rihq<br />
mirAwdw’ ny Aqy nw hI ‘gurduAwrw AYkt 1925’ ny[ qW i&r ieh lok ieh<br />
qwnwSwhI h~k dI vrq ikQoN rhy hn Aqy iehnW dy Ajyhy vwDU<br />
‘hukmnwimAW’ dI kImq kI hY BweI gurmuK isMG, BweI guridq isMG ivruD<br />
igAwnI Bwg isMG ivruD hukmnwimAW dw hSr sMswr swhmxy hY[ rwjsI<br />
hukmnwmy ‘Aj k~Fy Aqy kl vwips’ dI Kyf vI sMswr swhmxy hY[ kwlw<br />
A&gwnw dIAW iliKqW Aj vI hrmn ipAwrIAW hn Aqy DVwDV iv~k<br />
rhIAW hn[ kwiql fwier nUM idqy gey isropwau dI iK~lI Aj vI swrw sMswr<br />
aufw irhw hY[ AwiKr ‘gurU kw pMQ’ iksy pujwrI gRMQI jW rwjsI AwgU dI injI<br />
jwgIr nhIN Aqy ieh ‘pMQ’ Aj vI ‘gurU kw’ hY Aqy rvygw vI ‘gurU kw’ hI[<br />
scweI qW ieh hY ik Akwl buMgy (Akwl qKq swihb) dw sdw<br />
qoN iek jW dUjw koeI nw koeI ingrwn irhw hY ijsnUM srbrwh jW kyArtykr<br />
vI AwiKAw igAw hY[ sMNn 1920 qoN pihlW nw hI qW iesdw koeI ‘jQydwr’<br />
sI Aqy nw hI “isMG swihb”[ ieQoN qIk ik ArMB ivc, pihlW CyvyN<br />
pwqSwh Awp, auprMq BweI gurdws jI iesdy ingrwn bny[ ieh qW kyvl<br />
12 AkqUbr sMn 1920 dI gl hY jdoN gurduAwrw suDwr lihr smyN, swry<br />
pujwrI ‘qKq swihb’ nUM KwlI Cf ky dOV gey qW 25 s~jxW dw iek ingrwn<br />
j~Qw kwiem kIqw igAw Aqy BweI qyjw isMG Bu~cr nUM, aus j~Qy dw jQydwr<br />
QwipAw igAw[ i&r auh s~jx vI kyvl aus j~Qy dw hI j~Qydwr sI-<br />
AkwlbuMgy jW AkwlqKq dw nhIN[<br />
spSt hY ik aus smyN qoN ieh l&z rws Aw igAw mOjUdw<br />
pujwrIAW Aqy rwjsI AwgUAW nUM Aqy Aj isrqoV koiSS ho rhI hY ies<br />
zihrIly s~p nUM-gurU ky lwfly pMQ dy gl ivc pwaux dI ijsqoN pMQ nUM Awp<br />
sucyq hon dI loV hY[<br />
DnvMq isMG koml<br />
*****<br />
ivaMg<br />
gurpfl isMG Kihrf<br />
joigMdr isMG nUM joigMdr isMG imilaf<br />
kir kir lMby hfQ.<br />
ajy kflf aPgfnf sfihb df Gfq krky igafnI joigMdr isMG jI dI<br />
sMqusLtqf Kqm nhI sI hoeI ik AunHF ny spoksmYn rsfly dy muwK<br />
aYzItr sR[ joigMdr isMG jI nUM iswDf krn df bIVf AuTf ilaf hY. AunHF<br />
ny bVI sKq icwTI rfhIN ijs ivwc bVI kurKq sLbdfvlI dI vrqoN<br />
kIqI hoeI hY, joigMdr isMG nUM akfl qKq qy pysL hox df hukm Byijaf.<br />
ies icwTI ivwc AunHF ny iekwly dosL hI nhI lgfey sgoN AusnUM dosLI BI<br />
Tihrfieaf hY.<br />
agoN isrdfr joigMdr isMG ny nihly qy dihlf mfridaF<br />
pUry 12 siPaF dy jvfbI pwqr duafrf ies Pqvy nUM rwd krn df sunyhf<br />
Byj idqf. ies msly vfry iswK bulyitn ivwc jgHf dI idkq nUM muwK<br />
rwKky joigMdr isMG dy juafbI pwqr df sMKyp rUp hI idwqf hY. ies qoN<br />
ielfvf ZukvIaF icwTIaF buwDI jIvIaF vloN aqy ies msly qoN hYrfn<br />
hoey PMQk ihwqU ivakqIaF dy lyK qy pYRs not BI pfey hn.ies leI mYN<br />
isrP BfeI joigMdr isMG jI qy isrdfr joigMdr isNMG jI dIaF iewkdUjy<br />
nUM ByjIaF icwTIaF df Bfv arQ hI pysL kr irhf hF.<br />
joigMdr isMG vydFqI jI dI icwTI df Bfv arQ<br />
sux BI joigMdr isMhF, sfnUM bhuq sLkfieqF afeIaF, peI qUM bhuq hI<br />
awq cuwkI hoeI hY. afpxy rsfly ivwc qUM myrf qy myry hrmn ipafry jylH<br />
invfsI pRkfsL isMG bfdl df rwj ky KUMn pINdf hYN. ies nfl qyrf<br />
rsflf bVf msLhUr ho igaf hY. ies dI ivkrI BI bhuq vD geI hY<br />
ikAuNik hrmn ipafry afgU bfdl sfihb dy sfry doKI KrId dy hn qy<br />
pVHdy hn. qyrIaF qF jyHbF BrI jFdIaF qy sfzy imwqr gurcrnjIq<br />
isMG “lFbf” df rsflf ivkxo ht irhf hY aqy Aus dI JolI KflI hoeI<br />
jFdI hY. hux afpxy rsfly nUM rojLfnF pypr bxf ky iewk hor Blymfxs<br />
iswK df aftf lUx Kqm krn df CoCf krn dIaF iqafrIaF kr irhf<br />
hYNN qUM. hor kI-kI igxfvF qyrIaF kurIqIaF pwuC ky vyK ikvyN ivcfry<br />
tOhVf sfihb qy klkwqf sfihb dy kmjLor qy ibmfr idl byrihmI nfl<br />
qYN vlMUdr ky rwK idwqy hn. mYN ivcfry ny ienHF sfry slfhkfrF dI suxI<br />
qy dbfa Qwly af ky ieh PYslf kr ilaf hY ik hux qF qYNnUM bwcU bMdy df<br />
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puwq bxfAuxf hI pYxf hY. jo kuJ kflf aPgfnF nfl hoieaf Aus qoN<br />
ielfvf ijhVf cfhtf Kflsf pMcfieq nUM PrvrI 22, 2003 nUM<br />
Ckfieaf sI quhfnUM BI Auh imlx dI sMBfvnf hY.<br />
guruU pMQ df koqvfl<br />
isrdfr joigMdr isMG jI df juvfb<br />
iPty mUMh gRMQIaf! ieh kI jLblI kwZ mfrI qYN! mYN qF jdoN BI drbfr<br />
sfihb afieaf akfl qKq jrUr mwQf tyikaf. Drm asQFn svfey<br />
rUhfnIaq dI jrUrq dy jfx dI loV nhIN. sjf dyx leI qF koqvflI qoN<br />
hI swdf aAuNdf hUMdf hY. pMQ ny akfl qKq nUM koqvflI qy qYnUM koqvfl<br />
bxfAuNx df kdoN mqf pfs kIqf swdy pwqr dy nfl Auh mqf BI Byj dyxf<br />
sI qF asIN isrmwQy lf ky jrUr cumxf sI. arjn ny qF iewko rQvfn<br />
sRI ikRsLn jI nfl hI mhF Bfrq dI sfrI lVfeI lV CwzI sI qusIN qF<br />
inq nieaF rQvfn afpxy kUV dy rwQ leI bdl lYNdy ho. jdoN isrdfr<br />
kflf aPgfnF jI qy hwlf kIqf sI As vkq sRI qlvfVf jI rQvfn sI<br />
quhfzf, qy hux jdoN myry qy cVfeI kIqI qF quhfzy kUV rUpI rQ dy rQvfn<br />
sRI lFbf jI hn.<br />
jdoN sfzy hwk df gRMQI qyrI cmcfigrI nOkrI qy sI Auh qF koeI BI<br />
ilKqI sLkfieq myry vfry afvy, ibnf pVHy qoN mYnUM Byj idMdf sI. qUM ieh<br />
pMQk mirXfdf dI Gor alMgxf kr irhf hYN. qYnUM pMjF isMGF qoN jrUr<br />
slfh lYxI cfhIdI hY qy iPr ieho ijhIaF hrkqf qoN sdf leI bfj af<br />
jfxf cfhIdf hY.<br />
Auey mUrKf! mYN ikqy iekwlf dsm gRMQ dI gwl krdf hor ikny hI qyry<br />
bfpU sYmInrF ivwc qyry ipafry do gRMQF “guiblfs pfqsLfhI 6” qy “dsm<br />
gRMQ” dy briKlfP prcy pVdy iPrdy hn pwuC qF afpxy sfly cor qoN<br />
ijhVf blvMq isMG iZloN dy nfl EQy hfjLr sI. qyrI BI koeI gl nhIN.<br />
kdI qUM tYlIPon qy hwQ joV bynqI krdf hYN kdI gflLHF vrgI bolI vrq<br />
ky koqvflI phuwcx df Prmfn pwqr Byj idMdf hY. gwl mukdI krF! BfeI<br />
mYN koeI ibmfr qy Amr df kfly aPgfny vrgf bjLurg nhIN. jf lf lY<br />
jor, mYN nhIN afAuxf qyrI byknUMnI koqvflI. qyrf zt ky mukfblf krFgf<br />
qy qYnUM mUMh dI KfxI pvygI. ajy BI kuJ nhIN ivgiVaf afpxf swdf pwqr<br />
vfps lY lY qy tYlIPon qy awgy vFg hI hwQ joV dy mYN iksy nUM nhIN dsdf,<br />
DUMh nhI inkln dyAUNgf. ies qrHF kryNgf qF pMQ df BI Blf, qyrf BI<br />
Blf, qy myrf qF Blf hI Blf.<br />
gurUu pMQ df dfs<br />
*****<br />
SRomxI kmytI dw SuDIkrx hI Ajoky isK sMkt dw inroAw<br />
qy qqkwlI hY!<br />
pMQ dI pRqIinD Aqy siqkwrq sMsQw ‘SRomxI gurduAwrw pRbMDk kmytI, SRI<br />
AMimRqsr’ vloN lgBg ie`k mhInw pihlW kwhlI ivc sQwipq kIqy ‘SRI<br />
Akwl qKq swihb’ dy ie`k slwhkwr borf rwhIN ‘jQydwr SRI Akwl qKq’<br />
dI inXukqI leI Xogqw, inXukqI FMg Aqy AiDkwr qy &rzW bwry dyS ibdyS<br />
dIAW isK sMgqW dI rwie mMgI geI hY[qW ju iksy srbsWJI pMQk jugiq<br />
duAwrw, srbpRvwixq ingwhbwn/jQydwr inXukq kIqw jw sky[*SRomxI<br />
kmytI dw ieh audm ie`k SlwGw Xog kdm hY[ ikauNik, ies duAwrw smUh<br />
is`K sMgqW nUM pMQk jQybMdI dy kyNdrI AsQwn ‘SRI Akwl<br />
(buMgw) q^q’ swihb nwl sbMDq msilAW nUM Ku`lH ky ivcwrn Aqy ipCly do<br />
dwhikAW drimAwn auhnW dI pMQk-cyqnw AMdr pYdw hoey pRSnW nUM<br />
prgtwaux dy nwl-nwl, auhnW dy swriQk auqr FUMfx qy sQweI h`l lBx<br />
dw Avsr imlygw, jo ik pMQ dy au~jly BivK leI lwBdwiek hY[pRMqU, ies dy<br />
nwl nwl swnUM ieh BI ivcwrn dI loV hY ik SRomxI kmytI dI sQwpnw hox<br />
auprMq lgBg 77 swl bwAd pMQ ivc AijhI tkrw-meI Aqy icMqw jnk<br />
siQqI ikauN pYdw ho geI ik pMQ dw ie`k bu`DI-jIvI qy inroAw AMg, ijnHW<br />
AMdrly is`KI isdk Brosy qy koeI S`k nhI kIqw jw skdw, SRI Akwl q^q<br />
swihb qoN kIqy gey AYlwnw nUM mMnx qoN ienkwrI ho rhy hn Aqy kmytI nUM<br />
srbpRvwixq ‘ingwhbwn/jQydwr’ dI FUMf ivc Aijhw ivSyS auprwlw<br />
krnw pY irhw hY[<br />
SRomxI kmytI dy pihly pMjwh swlw pRbMDkI ieqhws nUM vwicAW, Bwv,<br />
1926 qoN 1976 q`k dI kwrj pRxwlI nUM pVcoilAW inScy huMdw hY ik<br />
Kwlsw pMQ dI AjokI tkrwau BrpUr qy icMqw-jnk siQqI pYdw hox dw muK<br />
kwrn pMQ dy SRomxI jQy, SRomxI gurduAwrw pRbMDk kmytI vloN is`K Drm dy<br />
muFly AsUlW nwl sbMDq Aqy hor Dwrmk PYsly, kmytI dy smUh mYNbrW dI<br />
jnrl iek`qRqw ivc ivcwr mMQn duAwrw h`l krn dI iprq nUM iqAwgxw<br />
hY, jo ik pMQk ivDwn ‘is`K rihq mrXwdw’ dI is`DI aulMGxw hY[ikauNik,<br />
mrXwdw muqwibk Drm dy muFly AsUlW bwry gurmqw krn ARQwq PYslw lYx<br />
dw AiDkwr kyvl qy kyvl pMQ dy SRomxI jQy AQvw, pMQ dy pRqIinD iek`T<br />
nUM hI pRwpq hY[SRI drbwr swihb, AMimRqsr smyq iksy BI gurduAwry dy<br />
gRMQI Aqy pMQ vloN mwnqw pRwpq q^qW dy muK syvwdwr, ijnHW nUM shjy shjy<br />
‘isMG swihb’ dw sMboDnI pd Aqy ‘jQydwr’ dI aupwDI pRwpq ho cu`kI hY,<br />
nUM smu`cy pMQ nwl sbMDq koeI gurmqw jW mqw krky ARQwq Awpxy Awp koeI<br />
PYslw lY ky pMQ pRqI koeI hukmnwmw jwrI krn jW AwdyS dyx dw koeI<br />
ivSyS qy ivAkqIgq AiDkwr nhI hY[pMQ pRvwixq is`K rihq mrXwdw dy<br />
ikqwbcy ivc aulIkI pMQk rihxI dy cYptr ivc ‘gurmqw krn dI ivDI dy<br />
isrlyK hyT ieauN iliKAw hY:<br />
(a) gurmqw kyvl aunHW svwlW qy hI ho skdw hY, jo is`K Drm dy muFly<br />
AsUlW dI pwlxw leI hox, ARQwq gurU swihbwn jW gurU gRMQ swihb dI<br />
pdvI, bIV dI inrolqw, AMimRq, rihq-bihq, pMQ dI bnwvt Awid[hor<br />
iksy iksm dy swDwrn ( Dwrimk, ividAk, smwjk, pulItIkl) svwl<br />
auqy kyvl mqw ho skdw hY[<br />
(A) ieh gurmqw gurU pMQ dw cuixAw hoieAw kyvl SRomxI jQw jW gurU-pMQ<br />
dw pRqIinD iek`T hI kr skdw hY[<br />
‘SRomxI gurduAwrw pRbMDk kmytI’ vloN 1982 ivc pRkwSq kIqw, 1976<br />
q`k dw Awpxw pMjwh swlw ieqhws, ies hkIkq dw gvwh hY ik gurU Aqy<br />
pMQ nwl sbMDq swry gurmqy AQvw mqy, SRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI mhwrwj dI<br />
hzUrI Aqy hYf gRMQI SRI drbwr swihb Aqy qKqW dy inXukq jQydwr, ijnHW<br />
nUM gurduAwrw AYkt ivc ‘hYf-minstrz’ iliKAw hY, dI hwzrI ivc,<br />
SRomxI kmytI dy jnrl smwgm ivKy pws huMdy rhy hn[sDwrn miqAW bwry<br />
qW mYNbrW dI voitMg BI krw leI jWdI sI, pr ‘gurmqy’ srbsMmqI nwl<br />
hI pws kIqy jWdy sn[ Aqy Aijhw hoxw suBwivk BI hY[ikauNik,‘gurmqw’<br />
SRI gurU gRMQ swihb jI ivc AMkq gurbwxI dI rOSnI ivc gurmiq isDWqW qy<br />
ADwrq huMdw hY[ies krky ijQy ‘gurmqy’ pRqI iksy gurisK dI rwie vKrI<br />
hoxI AsMBv hY[auQy, aus nUM swry gurisKW leI mMnxw BI lwzmI hY[<br />
ies smyN dI kwrj pRnwlI dI ie`k ivSySqw hor BI izkr krn Xog hY ik<br />
iesdy PYsilAW nUM srb pRvwixq qy hor pRBwvSwlI bnwaux ih`q ivcwr leI<br />
kuJ ivSyS isMG sBwvW dy muKIAW, pMQ dIAW keI pRiqSt SKSIAqW, pRis`D<br />
ivdvwnW, pRcwrkW qy imSnrI kwlj dy purwxy ividAwrQIAW nUM BI ivSyS<br />
s`dy qy bulwieAw jWdw sI[ Aijhw suc`jw FMg ApnwieAW BI jykr koeI<br />
pcIdw mslw hl nhI sI huMdw qW aus nUM hor ivcwrn leI ‘ Drm pRcwr<br />
kmytI ’ dy pws Byj idqw jWdw sI[qW ju auyh mqw, ‘Drm pRcwr kmytI<br />
ivclI ivdvwn mMflI dI rwie lY ky iPr iksy AglI jnrl iekqrqw<br />
ivc srb sMmqI nwl pws kIqw jw sky[ AijhI gurmqI jugiq rwhIN jd<br />
koeI AYsw gurmqw, ijs duAwrw smu`cy pMQ nUM koeI ivSyS sMdyS jW AdyS<br />
dyxw huMdw sI, srb sMmqI nwl pws hox Aqy aus nUM Aml ivc ilAwaux dI<br />
AwigAw pRwpq hox auprMq, pRDwn SRomxI kmytI, ‘SRI Akwl ( buMgw ) qKq’<br />
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swihb dy ‘muK pRbMDkI syvwdwr’( jQydwr ) nUM bynqI krdw ik ies<br />
‘gurmqy’(hukmnwmy) nUM pMQ pRqI jwrI krn dw AYlwn kIqw jwvy[ijvyN, SRI<br />
Akwl q^q swihb vloN jwrI kIqy jw cu`ky ie`k suDwrk hukmnwmy bwry, jUn<br />
1936 nUM hoeI ie`k jnrl iekqrqw dI kwrvweI ivc ieauN iliKAw h:Y-<br />
pRDwn swihb vloN pyS hox qy pRvwn hoieAw ik SRI Akwl qKq swihb vloN<br />
jQydwr swihb hyT iliKAw hukmnwmw jwrI kr dyx: “ srb`q Kwlsw Aqy<br />
gurduAwirAW dy syvwdwrW pRqI SRI Akwl qKq dw hukm hY, jo AMimRqDwrI<br />
pRwxI mwqR nwl sMgq pMgq ivc ieko ijhw ivhwr krnw, ipClI zwq pwq<br />
nhI puCxI, Brm nhI krnw, ieho hI gurU jI dI AwigAw hY”[ ies pRkwr<br />
dI kwrvweI ipCoN ‘jQydwr’ jI SRI Akwl q^q dI mohr hyT Awpxy hsqw^r<br />
krky SRI Akwl qKq swihb dy AsQwn qoN AYlwn kr idMdw sI[ ijs nUM<br />
swrw pMQ gurU dy hukm qu`l jwx ky isr Jukw pRvwn kr lYNdw sI[dyS ibdyS<br />
dI koeI BI is`K jQybMdI jW koeI guris`K ivAkqI, iksy pRkwr dw koeI auzr<br />
(AObjYkSn) nhI sI krdw[ikauNik, pMQ dy ies pRqIiniD iek`T qy SRomxI<br />
jQy dI ieh swrI kwrvweI gurmiq isDWqW qy ADwrq Aqy KwlseI-ivDwn<br />
muqwibk huMdI sI[<br />
so SRomxI kmytI dy kyvl ipCly qIh-pYNqI swl pihlW dy ieqhws qoN ieh<br />
q`Q suUrj dI qrW rOSn huMdw hY ik SRI Akwl qKq dw muK syvwdwr ( jQydwr<br />
) pMQ dy SRomxI jQy Aqy pRqIiniD iek`T dw ie`k vot rihq qy ivcwr<br />
AiDkwrI siqkwrq mYNbr hY[pr, pMQk jQybMdI dy kyNdrI AsQwn dw muK<br />
pRbMDkI syvwdwr hox dy nwqy aus nUM pMQ dy SRomxI jQy dy bulwry ( spoksmYn )<br />
hox dw kyvl ie`k XwdgwrI snmwn idqw jWdw sI[lyikn, jdoN qoN SRomxI<br />
kmytI dw rwjsIkrn hoieAw Aqy kmytI mYNbrW ny jnrl hwaUs dI swrI<br />
SkqI pRDwn dI JolI pw idqI, qW AgoN iPr pRDwn ny Awpxy rwjsI ihqW qy<br />
kursI nUM suriKAq rKx dy iKAwl nwl, Awpxy Awp nUM keI pRkwr dIAW<br />
Dwrmk qy hor aulJxw qoN bcwaux dI nIqI ApnwauNidAW ‘gurmqw’ soDx<br />
Aqy hor PYsly krn dI smucI SkqI iek`ly ‘jQydwr’ nUM sONp idqI [bhuq<br />
swry sUJvwn sjxW dw iKAwl hY ik qdoN qoN hI SRI Akwl q^q dI jQydwrI<br />
Aqy aus vloN AYlwn kIqy ‘hukmnwimAW’ pRqI ikMqU-pRMqU SurU hoey, jo sihjy<br />
sihjy iek bgwvq dw rUp Dwrn kr gey hn[<br />
pr, kOm dI ieh siQqI BI inrwSwjnk nhI[ sgoN auqSwhjnk hY, ikauNik,<br />
Asl ivc ieh kOmI jwgrUkqw dI inSwnI hY Aqy ieh jwgrUkqw iblkuL<br />
AYsI hY, jYsI ikDry BgqI lhr dy BgqW AMdr pYdw hoeI sI[ijnHW ivcoN<br />
SRomxI Bgq bwbw kbIr jI ny AYlwn kr id`qw sI ik ‘bRhmx’ pUjwrI, jo<br />
Awpxy Awp hI lokweI dw ‘gurU’ bixAw bYTw hY Aqy lok aus dy hr hukm nUM<br />
r`bI &urmwn mMn ky pRvwn kr rhy hn[AsIN Aijhy murdy bRwhmx nUM gurU nhI<br />
mMndy[auhnW dw pwvn slok hY: kbIr bwmnu gurU hY jgq kw Bgqn kw guru<br />
nwih ] AriJ auriJ kY pic mUAw cwrau bydhu mwih ]{gu.gRM.pMnW 1377}<br />
so, auprokq swrI ivcwr qoN inrxY huMdw hY ik jykr pMQ dw SRomxI jQw<br />
‘SRomxI gurduAwrw pRbMDk kmytI’ SRI AMimRqsr, hr pRkwr dy PYsly Aqy kOmI<br />
AYlwn krn dI swrI kwrvweI ‘is`K rihq mrXwdw’ muqwibk inBwvy [qW<br />
iPr, SRI Akwl q^q dy muK syvwdwr ( jQydwr) dI inXukqI dw srb<br />
pRvwixq FMg Aqy AiDkwr Kyqr aulIkx dw koeI bhuq vfw mslw nhI rih<br />
jWdw[ikauNik, ies pRkwr dy swry suAwl qdoN qoN hI auTxy SurU hoey hn, jdoN<br />
qoN hr pRkwr dw kOmI AwdyS jW sMdyS dyx Aqy PYsly krn dy swry AiDkwr<br />
iek`ly jQydwr nUM sONp idqy gey hn[ hW, ieqnw zrUrI hY ik auh AMgryzI qy<br />
pMjwbI BwSw dw cMgw jwxU hox dy nwl-nwl Drm qy rwjnIqk cyqnw ivc<br />
inpuMn, pMQk rihq mRXwdw dw pwbMd Aqy Awcrxk qOr qy swP suQrI qy<br />
pRBwvSwlI S^sIAq dw mwlk hovy, ikauNik, aus ny Kwlsy dI muK jQybMdI dy<br />
bulwry dI syvw inBwauxI hY[bwkI, ivSv-Br dy is`K numwieMidAW duAwrw<br />
‘srb`q Kwlsw’ iek`T ivc srb-pRvwixq jQydwr dI inXukqI Aqy hor<br />
PYsly krn dI g`l@W, jykr swrQk Aml rokx leI ie`k SoSw nhI, qW BI<br />
ies jugiq nUM Aml ivc ilAwauxw suKwlw nhIN[ikauNik, srb pRvwixq qW<br />
prmwqmw BI nhI ho sikAw, koeI ivAkqI ikQoN ho skdw hY Aqy nwh hI<br />
ivSv Br dy swry numwieMdy hr Cy mhIny jW swl ipCoN iek`Ty ho skdy<br />
hn[ies smyN ‘SRomxI gurduAwrw pRbMDk kmytI, SRI AMimRqsr’ hI pMQ dw<br />
SRomxI jQw mMinAW jw skdw hY[ikauNik, sB qoN vDyry pRvwixq, SkqISwlI<br />
qy srb-auc is`K sMsQw hY[swnUM ieh kdy BI nhI Bulxw cwhIdw ik ies<br />
smyN iksy BI qrHW dw jo swfw jQybMdk Aqy kOmI vjUd kwiem hY, auh BI<br />
iesy hI sMsQw dI kIqI Gwl kmweI dI bdOlq hI hY[iehI kwrx hY ik<br />
jdoN BI koeI kOmI smisAw jW sMkt pYdw hMudw hY qW AsIN swry ies nUM hI<br />
kosdy hW Aqy hr pRkwr dI shwieqw leI BI ies vl hI Jwkdy hW[swnUM<br />
ieh BI inScy hY ik iksy BI qrHW dI iksy hor ivSv is`K sMsQw dw supnw<br />
swkwr krnw BI ies dI slwh, sihXog qy shwieqw ibn@w AsMBv hY[qW<br />
iPr AsIN ieMj ikauN nhI socdy ik koeI hor auprwly krn qoN pihlW<br />
AwpxI ies muFlI jQybMdI ivc AweIAW kmzorIAW dI inSwndyeI krky,<br />
auhnW nUM suDwrn dy Xqn kIqy jwx[ikauNik, ryqlIAW nIhW au~pr p`ky<br />
mhl sQwipq krn dI ivauNqbMdI krnI koeI isAwxp qy dUr idRStI vwlI<br />
soc nhI mMnI jw skdI[<br />
ies leI Ajoky is`K sMkt dw qqkwlI hl qW Ajy ie`hI jwpdw hY ik<br />
SRomxI kmytI dw SuDIkrx kIqw jwvy[ayus dy mYNbrW leI iksy rwjnIqk<br />
pwrtI Aqy srkwrI Ahudy pRwpq krn pRqI rok lgweI jwvy[ikauNik, kOm<br />
dy mhqv pUrn PYsly kmytI dy jnrl iejlws ivc hoxy hn[ies vwsqy SRI<br />
Akwl q^q swihb dy jQydwr leI koeI vKrw slwhkwr borf kwiem krn<br />
dI QW, SRomxI kmytI Awpxw slwhkwr borf inXukq kry[ies ivc dyS<br />
ibdyS dIAW kuJ coxvIAW isK sMsQWvW dy muKI, vK-vK iviSAW dy<br />
ivdvwn Aqy hor pRiqST SKsIAqW Swml kIqIAW jwx[pr ieh sMsQwvW<br />
qy ivAkqI, is`K rihq mrXwdw dy pwbMd hox[SRI Akwl qKq swihb qo<br />
koeI BI kOmI AYlwn jW AdyS jwrI krn jW koeI hor mhqv pUrn PYslw<br />
lYx smyN, iehnW sjxW dI slwh lYx leI SRomxI kmytI dy dPqr ivc ie`k<br />
ivSyS ivBwg kwiem kIqw jwvy[Drm pRcwr kmytI dyS ivdyS dI rwie nUM<br />
pV@-sux ky Aqy aus nUM gurmiq dI rOSnI ivc soD ky AwpxI irport SRomxI<br />
kmytI dy jnrl smwgm ivc ivcwrn leI Byjy Aqy Drm pRcwr kmytI dy<br />
ivdvwn sjx BI ies iek`qrqw ivc Swml hox[Drm pRcwr kmytI ivc<br />
ivdvwn vDyry ley jwx Aqy ies dIAW bYTkW ivc ipRMsIpl ShId is`K<br />
imSnrI kwlj Aqy muK gRMQI SRI drbwr qy muK syvwdwr ( jQydwr ) SRI<br />
Akwl q^q swihb dI hwzrI zrUrI kIqI jwvy[sQwnk isK sMgqW dy<br />
sDwrn PYsly qW jQydwr, BwvyN muK gRMQI SRI drbwr swihb Aqy Drm pRcwr<br />
kmytI dy mYNbrW dI slwh nwl kr lvy[pRMqU, smucy pMQ nwl sbMDq msly<br />
dw PYslw jW kOmI AwdyS, sMdyS jW hukmnwmw jwrI krn smyN, kmytI dy<br />
jnrl smwgm ivc ivcwrnw zrUrI kIqw jwvy[ies smwgm ivc q^q SRI<br />
ptnw swihb Aqy SRI hzUr swihb dy pRbMDkI qy Dwrmk muKIAW nUM ivSyS<br />
s`dy qy bulwieAw jwey[pRMqU iehnW leI BI is`K rihq mrXwdw dy pwbMd hox<br />
dw inXm zrUrI hovy[ies pRkwr SRomxI kmytI dI jnrl iek`qrqw duAwrw<br />
pws kIqy hoey iksy mqy jW gurmqy nUM, swrw is`K jgq suBwivk hI ‘srbq<br />
Kwlsy’ dw PYslw mMn ky pRvwn krygw[SRI hirmMdr swihb dy muK gRMQI Aqy<br />
SRI Akwl q^q swihb dy jQydwr ( muK syvwdwr ) dI inXukqI qy syvw<br />
mukqI leI, 1929 ivc bxwey ivSyS inXmW qy ADwrq kmytI dy jnrl<br />
hwaUs dI mnzUrI lYxI AvSk kIqI jwvy[inXukqI leI kmytI dy smUh<br />
mYNbrW qy slwhkwr borf pwsoN, Xojqw pqr Byj ky AYsy gurisK ivdvwnW dy<br />
nwvW dI isPwrS leI jwvy, ijnHW ny iksy BI SRomxI kmytI vloN pRkwSq isK<br />
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rihq mrXwdw dy pwbMd skUl/kwlj ivcoN gurmiq dI ividAw hwsl kIqI<br />
hovy[<br />
so, swrI gl dw is`tw ieh hY ik jykr SRomxI kmytI dw SuDIkrx ho jwvy Aqy<br />
auh Awpxy muFly AsUlW nUM ApnwauNdI hoeI, iek`ly pRDwn jW jQydwr nUM swrI<br />
SkqI dyx dI QW, swry mhqv pUrn kOmI PYsly kmytI dy jnrl smwgm ivc<br />
smUh pMQk numwieMidAW dI sMmqI nwl kry qW Ajoky is`K sMkt dw hl ho<br />
skxw sMBv hY[ Bul-cuk muAwP[pMQk ihqU,<br />
jgqwr isMG jwck.<br />
swbkw gRMQI, SRI drbwr swihb, AMimRqsr (hwl, inaUXwrk )<br />
*****<br />
sUqk df Brm<br />
sL[ gurbKsL isMG (kflf aPgfnf)<br />
kuJ Dfrmk gRMQF ivwc iliKaf hox krky “jIvF dy jnm” aqy “jIvF dy<br />
mrn `qy” apivwqrqf, asLuWDI aQvf iBwt mMnxI ihMdU Drm df aMg<br />
bx cuwkf sI. gurU nfnk sfihb dy smyN sUqk df ieh Brm bVf pRcwlq<br />
sI. jy iksy dy Gr bwcy ny jnm lY ilaf qF bwcy dI mfqf iBwtV ho geI<br />
aqy Aus leI rsoeI Gr ivwc jfxf vwzf mfVf krm bx jFdf sI aqy<br />
Auh Gr bfkI lokF leI iBwtV bx jFdf sI aqy Aus Gr df aMn-pfxI<br />
Kfx ivwc iBwt mMnI jFdI sI. eysy qrHF hI ijs Gr ivwc koeI mOq ho<br />
geI qF Aus Gr 11, 13, 17 aqy 30 idnF (vrn vMz) dy ihsfb nfl<br />
iBwtV mMinaf jFdf sI. sUuqk vfly idnF ivwc brfdrI dy lok afpxy<br />
GrF qoN rotIaF pkf ky mOq vfly Gr phuMcFdy rihMdy sn, qF jo Gr vfly<br />
vI sUqk kfrn apivwqr ho cuwky Gr ivwc pwikaf Bojn Kf ky iBwtV jF<br />
apivwqr nf bx jfx. siqgurF ny ies iBwt vfly Brm-BUuq ƒ mnuwK dy<br />
mn ivwcoN sdf leI mfr kwZx leI, srb-sFJI aqy sdIvI syD idMdI<br />
rihx vflI gurbfxI rcI. duwK ies gwl df hY ik iswK prvfrF ivwc vI,<br />
aigafnqf kfrx jF lok lfj kfrx, ieh sUqk df Brm pRcwlq ho<br />
cuwkf ivKfeI dy irhf hY. gurbfxI dI rOsLnI dy huMidaF hoieaF hnyHrf Zox<br />
vflI ikiraf hY. gurbfxI df PYyslf hyT ilKy anusfr hY, jo srb<br />
mfnvqf leI lfhyvMd hY:<br />
jy kir sUqku mMnIaY sB qY sUqku hoie]<br />
gohy aqy lkVI aMdir kIVf hoie]<br />
jyqy dfxy aMn ky jIaf bfJu n koie]<br />
pihlf pfxI jIAu hY ijqu hiraf sBu koie]<br />
sUqk ikAyu kir rKIaY sUqku pvY rsoie]<br />
nfnk sUqku eyv n AuqrY igafnu Auqfry Dooie]1] (pM[472)<br />
siqgurF df Purmfn bVf spsLt hY ik lwkVI dy aMdr dy Gux, isAuNk,<br />
kIVIaF afid aqy gohy dy aMdr dy Coty-moty keI qrHF dy kIt-pqMgy,<br />
afid vI jIv hn. eysy qrHF sfrIaF iksmF dy anfj-dfixaF Bfv<br />
bnfspqI ivwc vI jIv hY. ienHF dy jnm-mrn dI ikiraf vI Ausy qrHF<br />
dI hI hY ijvyN mnuwKf dyh dy aMdr hY. siqgurF df Prmfn hY ik jy<br />
sUqk ƒ swc-muwc hI Drm BirsLt kr dyx vflI iBwt mMn lvFgy qF<br />
ajyhI iBwt Gr ivwc hr smyN vfprI hI rihMdI hY. Drm bcfAux leI<br />
Bojn Ckxf sdf leI iqafg dyx qoN ibnf hor cfrf kI rih igaf<br />
ajyhyy Brm gRsy DrmI mnuwK dI ijLMdgI ikvyN bc skygI AupRokq gurUbfxI<br />
slok ivwc, gurU nfnk sfihb dI spsLt icqfvnI hY ik sUqk dI<br />
iBwt mMnx dy Brm-jfl ivwc Psxf, iDÕfxy dI mOq shyV lYx vflf<br />
duwKdfeI bRfhmxI krm-kFz hY. jo aslI sUqk hY, Aus vwl iksy mnuwK<br />
df iDafn ikAuN nhIN jf irhf, gurU sfihb ies df ibafn hyT ilKy<br />
anusfr kr rhy hn:<br />
mn kf sUqku loBu hY ijhvf sUqk kUVu]<br />
aKI sUqku vyKxf pr iqRaf pr Dn rUpu]<br />
kMnI sUqku kMin pY lfieqbfrI Kfih]<br />
nfnk hMsf afdmI bDy jm puir jfih]2] (pM[ 472)<br />
Bfv: ijnHF mnuwKF dy mn ƒ loB rUpI aOgux icMbiVaf hY, jIB df sUqk<br />
JUT bolx df gunfh krdy hn aqy ijnHF mnuwKF dI jIB ƒ JUT-rUpI<br />
sUqk hY, ijnHF mnuwKF dIaF awKF ƒ prfieaf Dn aqy prfeIaF<br />
iesqRIaF df rUp qwkx df sUqk cMbiVaf hoieaf hY, ijnHF mnuwKF dy<br />
kMn ivwc vI sUqk hY ik kMn nfl byiPLkr ho cuglI suxdy hn, hy<br />
nfnk! ieho ijhy mnuwK vyKx ƒ BfvyN hMsF vrgy sohxy hox, qF vI Auh<br />
bwDy hoey nrk ivwc jFdy hn. gurU sfihb df isDFq ieh hY ik hr<br />
mnuwK sUqk qoN bcx leI afpxy ieMidraF Aupr jLbq rwK ky aMdrUnI<br />
gux Dfrn krn df Xqn kry. ieho hI shI rfh hY jo iksy ƒ smJ<br />
nhIN af irhf aqy suc-iBwt dy Brm ivwc pY ky jnm brbfd kr irhf<br />
hY. gurbfxI df Prmfn hY:<br />
sBo sUqk Brmu hY dUjY lgY jfie]<br />
jMmxu mrxf hukm hY BfxY afvY jfie]<br />
Kfxf pIxf pivqR hY idqonu irjku sMbfih]<br />
nfnk ijnI gurmiuK buiJaf iqnHf sUqku nfih]3] (afsf dI<br />
vfr,pM[472)<br />
gurU sfihb df AupdysL hY ik sUqk inrf Brm hI hY, ieh (sUqk rUp<br />
Brm) mfieaf ivwc PisaF (mnuwKF ƒ) af lwgdf hY. swcfeI ieh hY ik<br />
jIvF df jMmxf-mrnf pRBU df hukm hY, pRBU dI rjLf ivwc hI jIv<br />
jMmdf-mrdf hY. pdfrQF df Kfxf-pIxf vI pivwqr hY (Bfv mfVf<br />
nhIN, ikAuNik) pRBU ny afp iekwTf kr ky irjLk jIvF ƒ idwqf hY. hy<br />
nfnk! ijnHF gurmuKF ny ieh gwl smJ leI hY, AunHF ƒ sUqk nhIN<br />
lwgdf.<br />
siqgurU jI ny pihlF ieh smJfieaf ik dfixaF aqy bflx ivwc jIvF<br />
dy jnm-mrn vflf krm inrMqr huMdf rihx krky rsoeI ivwc sUqk<br />
sdf hI rihMdf hY aqy dUjy slok ivwc afcrn ƒ nIvF bxfeI rwKx<br />
vflI apivwqrqf df igafn krf ky mnuwK ƒ AuWcy aqy suwcy afcrn<br />
vflf bxn df AupdysL hY. qIsry slok ivwc iPr jIvF dy mrn-jMmx<br />
`qy mMny jfx vfly sUqk ƒ inrf Brm kih ky pRBU-dfqy dI dfq, KfxpIx<br />
vfly pdfrQF ƒ inMdx qoN vrijaf hY. gurU amrdfs jI afpxy<br />
AupdysL ivwc PrmfAuNdy hn ik iksy kiQq pivwqr Bojn dy Kfx nfl<br />
koeI mnuwK AuWcy afcrn vflf nhIN bx skdf. eysy qrHF iksy kiQq<br />
apivwqr Bojn dy Kfx nfl koeI mnuwK apivwqr aQvf mMdy afcfr<br />
vflf vI nhIN bx jFdf. prmfqmf dy nfm qoN tuwtf mn, muwK apivwqr<br />
hY aqy gurUu dI sLrn rih ky pRBU-nfm ivwc juVy gurmuK df mn aqy<br />
afcrn pivwqr ho jFdf hY.<br />
mn kf sUqku dUjf BfAu]<br />
Brmy Buly afvAu jfAu ]1]<br />
mnmuiK sUqku kbih n jfie]<br />
ijcru sbid n BIjY hir kY nfie] rhfAu]<br />
sBo sUqku jyqf mohu afkfru]<br />
mir mir jMmY vfro vfr]2]<br />
sUqk agin pAuxY pfxI mfih]<br />
sUqku Bojnu jyqf ikCu Kfih]3]<br />
sUqik krm n pUjf hoie]<br />
nfim rqy mnu inrmlu hoie]4]<br />
siqguru syivaY sUqku jfie]<br />
mrY n jnmY kflu n Kfie]5]<br />
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sfsq isMimRq soiD dyKhu koie]<br />
ivx nfvY ko mukiq n hoie]6]<br />
jug cfry nfmu Auqmu sbdu bIcfir]<br />
kil mih gurmuiK Auqris pfir]7]<br />
sfcf mrY n afvY jfie]<br />
nfnk gurmuiK rhY smfie]8] (pM[ 229)<br />
asl gwl ieh hY afpxy mn dy ipCy qurn vfly mnuwK dy mn dI<br />
apivwqrqf kdy dUr nhIN huMdI, iesy mnuwKI krm kfrx, ieh ijqnf vI<br />
jgq hY aqy ijqnf jgq df moh hY ieh sfrf apivwqrqf df mUl hY.<br />
aqy ijqnf kuJ Bojn afidk KFdy hn, Auh vI (AunHF sBnF dy mn<br />
vfsqy) apivwqrqf df kfrx bxdf hY. sUqk dy Brm ivwc gRsy hoey<br />
mn ƒ koeI krm-kFz pivwqr nhIN kr skdf, koeI dyv-pUjf pivwqr<br />
nhIN kr skdI. prmfqmf dy nfm ivwc rMgIjL ky hI mn pivwqr huMdf<br />
hY.<br />
iksy pRkfr dI KfxXog Kurfk nf hI mnuwK df afcrn ivgfV skdI hY<br />
aqy nf hI iksy mnuwK ƒ AuWcy afcrn vflf bxf skdI hY. afpxy mn<br />
dI mwq ƒ sRysLt mMnx vflf mnuwK hI nIcqf dy KUuh ivwc izwgdf hY. ies<br />
leI ieh Brm pYdf krnf ik mfsfhfrI ƒ nfm-rs dI pRfpqI nhIN<br />
huMdI, nf hI afqm-rs dI koeI sUJ-bUJ ho skdI hY aqy ies dy<br />
ivprIq goBI, bYNgx, iBMzI afid Kfx vfly ƒ pRBU CyqI iml pYNdf hY,<br />
gurmiq dy ankUl nhIN hY. aijhI ivcfrDfrf pRcfrn vflf gurmuK<br />
nhIN ho skdf, Bfv Auh gurU dy isDFqF dI AulMÕxf krdf hY. gurbfxI<br />
ies Brm ƒ hor spsLt krdI hY:-<br />
jil hY sUqku, Qil hY sUqku, sUqk Epiq hoeI]<br />
jnmy sUqku, mUey Puin sUqku, sUqk prj ibgoeI]<br />
(Bfv sUqk dy Brm ivwc lukfeI Kuafr ho rhI hY)<br />
khu ry pNMzIaf kAuun pvIqf]<br />
aYsf igafnu jphu myry mIqf]1]rhfAu]<br />
nYnhu sUqku, bYnhu sUqk, sUqku sRvnI hoeI]<br />
AUTq bYTq sUqku lfgY, sUqku prY rsoeI]2]<br />
Pfsn kI ibiD sBu koAuU jfnY, CUutn kI iewku koeI]<br />
kih kbIr rfmu irdY ivwcfrY, sUqku iqnyY n hoeI]3] (pM[331)<br />
Bfv: jy jIvF dy jMmx qy mrn nfl sUqk-pfqk dI iBwt pYdf ho jFdI<br />
hY qF pfxI ivwc sUqk hY, DrqI AuWqy sUqk hY, hr QF sUqk dI<br />
apivwqrqf hY (Bfv, hr QF iBwitaf hoieaf hY ikAuNik) iksy jIv dy<br />
jMmx qy sUqk pYNdf hY, iPr mrn `qy vI sUqk af pYNdf hY, ies iBwt dy<br />
Brm ivwc dunIaf Kuafr ho rhI hY. jdoN hr QF sUqk pY irhf hY qF<br />
suwcf kOx ho skdf hY (inry iehnIN awKIN idwsdy jIv nhIN jMmdy mrdy;<br />
sfzy bolx-cflx afid hrkqF nfl keI sUKm jIv mrdy hn; qF<br />
iPr) awKF ivwc sUqk hY, bolx (Bfv jIB) ivwc sUqk hY, kMnF ivwc vI<br />
sUqk hY, AuTidaF-bYTidaF hr vyly sfƒ sUqk pY irhf hY. sfzI rsoeI<br />
ivwc vI sUqk hY. ijwDr vyKo hryk jIv (sUqk dy Brm ivwc) Psx df<br />
hI ZMg jfxdf hY, iehnF ivwcoN KLlfsI krf skx dI smJ iksy ivrly ƒ<br />
hY. kbIr sfihb ibafn krdy hn- jo jo mnuwK afpxy ihrdy ivwc pRBU<br />
ƒ ismrdf hY, AunHF ƒ ieh sUqk vflI iBwt nhIN lwgdI. (smfpq)<br />
[s[gurbKsL isMG,kflf aPgfnf dI pusqk ‘mfsu mfsu kir mUrKu<br />
JgVy’ ivwcoN DMnvfd sihq.]<br />
awj df akflI<br />
gurpfl isMG Kihrf<br />
awj akflI Auh hY ijhVf JUT c` pwkf<br />
bfhroN pUrf rihqI pr jLbfn df kwcf<br />
ijhVf swc boldf Auhdf vKrf rfh hYY<br />
jdoN ids pey JUTf iehnUM imlx dI cfh hYY<br />
dyvy sB nUM ieh isiKaf qusIN dfhVI nf bMnHo<br />
khy iswKI nhIN rihMxI bIbI sfhVI nf bMnHo<br />
jdoN kursI hY imldI iPr kdI nF Cwzyy<br />
Jwt dl ieh bdly jV pMQ dI vwZyy<br />
sfry jor nfl kUky kro Tyky sB bMd<br />
kro blYk qy pIvo gf bfxI dy CMd<br />
jdoN puwTI hY pYNdI khy vYrI ny kIqI<br />
mYN qF lfeI-lwg sF bhuqI horF ny pIqI<br />
pRyry aMimRq sfry Cko iPr kro inq jMg<br />
cfhVo nfm KumfrI BfvyN pI ky BMg<br />
jy nfm nhIN jpxf bxo ibpr bbykI<br />
bih gfvo BgfAuqI Kto dsvyN qoN nykI<br />
sdf muPLq dI Kfvy kdI zwkf nhIN BMndf<br />
iehdf gRMQ gurUu hY pr kihxf nhIN mMndf<br />
ijQy mfieaf ids pey Jwt tyky ieh mwQf<br />
myrI jyb c` af jfh qMU kIrqn quhIN kQf<br />
akflI iewko mnorQ BfvyN bhuqy hY dl<br />
Brny KIsy afpxy lfhuxI iswKF dI Kwl<br />
ijhVf bdysL c bsdf iswK buDU lfxf<br />
iehnUM zflr bKsLx kihMdy gurUu df Bfxf<br />
ibnf mrjI Eey myrI koeI ihly nf pwqf<br />
iehdy nfm sYNkVy BFvyN afKo klkwqf<br />
iehI bfdl iehI tOhVf iehdy bhuq hYN ichry<br />
bfby sMq ieh sFBy hr sLihr c` zyhry<br />
cVHI sdI iewkvIN hor bd gey awgy<br />
iswK rih gey ny sKxy ipCy akflI dyw lwgy<br />
vIro iswKI qusIN mfrI iehdy ipwCy lwg<br />
aqvfd df icnH awj quhfzy isr dI pwg<br />
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Books by Gurbakhsh Singh Kala Afghana available in India:<br />
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7. Jasbir Kaur w/o Kehar Singh, Chandigarh, Tel: 0172-793920, 94171-06213<br />
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