Selected Editorials - The Sikh Bulletin

P. 138 Babur and the sack of Saidpur, “…but the nature of the reference points to the 1524 capture of
Lahore, not to the 1520 sack of Saidpur…The same cannot, however, be said for the claim that Guru
Nanak actually met Babur…It cannot be ruled out as completely impossible, but it certainly appears to be
most unlikely”.
P. 142 Visits to Multan, “As they stand, however, all of the accounts which describe Multan visits must
be rejected”.
Kindest comment I can make is that Mr. McLeod studied the philosophy of Guru Nanak not from the
only authentic source we have, the Guru Granth Sahib, but observing as it was incorrectly practiced by
the Sikhs when he was in Punjab and unfortunately incorrectly practiced today in every Gurdwara in
the world and the worst of all places, Darbar Sahib in Amritsar. He compounded this error by failing
to recognize the fallacy in and relying on the Janamsakhis that had distorted Guru Nanak’s message
by miraculous tales that had turned me off Sikhism in my early teenage years since these Janamsakhis
were the source for me to learn Panjabi at home because the regular school education was in Hindi,
the place of my early childhood education being District Ganganagar of Bikaner State of a Hindu
Raja, Maharaja Ganga Singh.
Hardev Singh Shergill
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EDITORIAL
ORIGINAL SOURCES OF DASAM GRANTH REVEALED
[Editorial from November-December 2009 Sikh Bulletin]
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This issue of The Sikh Bulletin is primarily dedicated to the original research done on the origins of
Dasam Granth by S. Dalbir Singh M. Sc. of New Delhi, India. His entire book ‘bicqR nwtk gRMQ /
AKauqI dsm gMRQ dI AslIXq’ (Dasam Granth-di-Asleeyat), published in August 2009, is included in
this issue. Also included is an article by Dr. Gurmel Singh Sidhu of Fresno State University, Fresno,
California, ‘crcq dsm gRMQ ikvyN hoNd ivc AwieAw ieiqhwsk q`Q Aqy pRmwx’ which, like Dalbir
Singh’s work, is very timely and an eye opening research.
S. Dalbir Singh’s lengthy research resulted in him identifying poet Shyaam (Kabi Shyaam), poet Raam
(Kabi Raam) and poet Kaal (Kabi Kaal) as the three authors of Dasam Granth, all worshippers of
Mahakal-Kalka, but not Guru Gobind Singh and the following four Hindu granths as sources of
everything included in the so called Dasam Granth:
1. Shrimadd Bhagwat-sudha-sagar (Shuksagar), Gita Press
2. Shiv Puran, Gita Press
3. Markandey Puran, Gita Press
4. Shri Durga Sapatshti, Gita Press
Until now many people, who did not acknowledge the entire Dasam Granth as the work of Guru Gobind
Singh, believed some writings to be his because ‘they did not conflict with Gurbani’, a very poor excuse.
If in spite of this incontrovertible proof produced by S. Dalbir Singh people in position of authority still
want to believe in the three banis used for khande-di-pahul and nitnem, I am afraid, there is not much
hope for the renaissance in Sikhi which is urgently needed.
Recently during Jathedar Darshan Singh vs. Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba controversy, Tarsem Singh,
President, Dharam Parchar Committee of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee advised against
criticism of those three banis. That is no surprise. In 2004 I had an occasion to meet with S. Paramjit
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