Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
Sikh festival of Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (13 January of every year) commemorates the birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs.
Guru Gobind Singh Birthday
He was born on 5th January 1666 at born in Patna, Bihar in the Sodhi Khatri family.
Guru Gobind Singh Images
Guru Gobind Singh Quotes
“He alone is a man who keeps his word: Not that he has one thing in the heart, and another on the tongue.”
“If you are strong, torture not the weak, And thus lay not the axe to thy empire.”
“The ignorant person is totally blind he does not appreciate the value of the jewel.”
“I came into the world charged with the duty to uphold the right in every place, to destroy sin and evil… the only reason I took birth was to see that righteousness may flourish, that good may live, and tyrants be torn out by their roots.”
“He who trusts, however, in an oath on God,
His Protection also in He; in need, He shows the Path.”
“Shed not recklessly the blood of another with thy sword,
Lest the Sword on High falls upon thy neck”
Guru Gobind Singh Death
Wazir Khan, a Muslim army commander and the Nawab of Sarhandh ,against whose army the Guru had fought several wars, commissioned two Afghans, Jamshed Khan and Wasil Beg, to follow the Guru’s army as it moved for the meeting with Bahadur Shah, and then assassinate the Guru.
The two secretly pursued the Guru whose troops were in the Deccan area of India, and entered the camp when the Sikhs had been stationed near river Godavari for months.
They gained access to the Guru and Jamshed Khan stabbed him with a fatal wound at Nanded.
According to Senapati’s Sri Gur Sobha, an early 18th century writer, the fatal wounds of the Guru was one below his heart. The Guru fought back and killed the assassin, while the assassin’s companion was killed by the Sikh guards as he tried to escape.
The Guru died of his wounds a few days later on 7 October 1708 His death fuelled a long and bitter war of the Sikhs with the Mughals.
Guru Gobind Singh Sons
Wazir Khan the Muslim governor of Sirhind captured Guru’s mother Mata Gujri and guru two younger sons.
His youngest sons, aged 5 and 8, were executed by burying them alive into a wall after they refused to convert to Islam, and Mata Gujri collapsed on hearing her grandsons’ death.
Both his eldest sons, aged 13 and 17, also killed in the battle of December 1704 against the Mughal army.
Guru Gobind Singh Wives
Guru Gobind Singh had three wives;
He married Mata Jito on 21 June 1677 at Basantgaṛh, 10 km north of Anandpur at the age of Mata Jito. The couple had three sons: Jujhar Singh (b. 1691), Zorawar Singh (b. 1696) and Fateh Singh (b. 1699).
He married Mata Sundari on 4 April 1684 at Anandpur at the age of 17. The couple had one son, Ajit Singh (b. 1687).
He married Mata Sahib Devan on 15 April 1700 at Anandpur at the age of 33. They had no children, but she had an influential role in Sikhism. Guru Gobind Singh proclaimed her as the Mother of the Khalsa
Guru Gobind Singh Movie
Harry Baweja wrote and directed Chaar Sahibzaade in 2014 Indian Punjabi 3D computer-animated historical drama film.
It is based on the sacrifices of the sons of the 10th Sikh guru Guru Gobind Singh—Sahibzada Ajit Singh, Jujhar Singh, Jorawar Singh, and Fateh Singh.
Guru Gobind Singh Zafarnama
Guru Gobind Singh saw the war conduct of Aurangzeb and his army against his family and his people as a betrayal of a promise, unethical, unjust and impious.
After all of Guru Gobind Singh’s children had been killed by the Mughal army and the battle of Muktsar, the Guru wrote a defiant letter in Persian to Aurangzeb, titled Zafarnama (literally, “epistle of victory”), a letter which the Sikh tradition considers important towards the end of the 19th century.
The Guru’s letter was stern yet conciliatory to Aurangzeb. He indicted the Mughal Emperor and his commanders in spiritual terms, accused them of a lack of morality both in governance and in the conduct of war.
The letter predicted that the Mughal Empire would soon end, because it persecutes, is full of abuse, falsehood and immorality. The letter is spiritually rooted in Guru Gobind Singh’s beliefs about justice and dignity without fear.
Guru Gobind Singh Teachings
- Do not gossip, nor slander, or be spiteful to anyone.
- Do not be proud of riches, youthfulness or lineage. (Regardless of maternal and paternal caste or heritage, all of the Guru’s Sikhs are siblings of one family.)
- When dealing with enemies, practice diplomacy, employ a variety of tactics, and exhaust all techniques before engaging in warfare.
- Do as much possible to serve and aid foreigners, those in need, or in trouble.
- Realise that considering a daughter as property is poison.
- Donate a tenth of your earnings.
- Do not ruin anyone’s work by gossiping.
- Make an honest living
- Other than your wedded wife, consider all women as your mothers and sisters. Do not indulge in carnal marital relationships with them.
- Work hard and don’t be lazy.