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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 121001" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>In the sleepy, almost time warped nook in Sangrur, Harinder Singh Mehboob engaged with some of the most complex issues, some of these having to do with matters of life and death and others with problems related to Sikhism. Neither did his mind ever stop functioning, nor did his pen stop writing till the very last breath. Finally, as Mehboob departed from this world in his own village, the debt that he has left for his contemporaries and future generations will be substantial as they wrestle with his legacy and find that works of several lifetimes were accomplished by this great man in just one incarnation.</p><p></p><p>Mehboob was considered among one of the most learned contemporary writers in Punjab. He was suffering from bone cancer that was detected some time last year and had been undergoing his treatment at Jalandhar. He died on February 15.</p><p></p><p>With Sehje Rachiyo Khalsa and Jhana Di Raat, Mehboob had shown that he could straddle the world of letters and ideas like a colossus.</p><p></p><p>“He was a great poet and there were several finer nuances in his poems which have become a treasure for not only the Sikh and Punjabi literature but for the mankind. While evaluation and understanding of his highly intellectual, philosophical and intuitive works would continue those who have delved deep into his works along with what is being written across the world can understand that he can be arraigned among the best contemporary poets in the world,” said Gurtej Singh, Professor of Sikhism, while returning from his cremation at village Jhoonda in district Sangrur.</p><p></p><p>“There have been very-very few writers who wrote in Punjabi but had encyclopedic knowledge and deepest understanding of intellectual and literary works in other parts of the world also,” he added.</p><p></p><p>Prominent Punjabi writer Jaswant Deed, himself a Sahitya Akademi Award winner, who had interviewed Mehboob for Doordarshan Jalandhar argued that even the preface of award wining poetry collection by Mehboob – Jhannan Di Raat – was one of the most brilliant pieces on history of Punjabi poetry and should be translated in other languages to make others understand about Punjabi literature. “His is the biggest loss in the contemporary intellectual field,” Deed said.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.sikhnet.com/files/news/2010/February/mehboob-small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Mehboob was born in that part of Punjab which is today in Pakistan. He studied at Mohindra College, Patiala and later taught at Garhdiwala.</p><p></p><p>“One could find the references towards original Sanskrit and Arabic literary texts with their depth intact in his works. One could feel the poetic flights even in his work of prose. Extra ordinarily wide perspectives and intellectual depth can be clearly felt when one reads Mehboob,” said Prof Avtar Singh of Sikh Articulators.</p><p></p><p>Mehboob taught English literature at Khalsa College Garhdiwal but opted to enrich Punjabi. While his first book was Sehje Rachio Khalsa and then came Jhanna Di Raat, for around two decades he was working on an epic about the life of ten Sikh masters – while interweaving the philosophy and history together and expanding the meanings in poetical form.</p><p></p><p>He had written first and fourth volume of the epic “Illahi Nadar De Pende”, a distinct mark in poetry due to its blending of several finer nuances at a time, he was working on the second volume and had written 100 pages when fell sick.</p><p></p><p>Even in his hospital bed, he was yearning to complete it. When the World Sikh News last met him at Jalandhar at the ICU, he looked pale and down but not without a sparkle in his eyes as he talked about his epic work.</p><p></p><p>““I started working on the epic in 1991 when I visited Bhubneshwar and Jagannath Puri to see the temples there. As soon as I am well I will start work on it,” he said. Alas, that was never to be.</p><p></p><p>“The first thing that came to my mind when I heard of his death was a saying from the holy Koran that says the death of a great scholar is like the passing away of an era,” said renowned Sikhism scholar Ajmer Singh who has actively engaged with Mehboob’s works and is known as someone who perhaps understood his socio-political-religious location better than most. Ajmer Singh said the fact that Mehboob could accomplish all that he did was something the Sikh community should be proud of.</p><p></p><p>“Perhaps he had an intuition that he would be facing big hurdles in completing his work as in the second volume he added a prayer for accomplishing the uphill task,” said his daughter Prof. Satwant Kaur who looked after him throughout. Satwant teaches Punjabi in Khalsa College Garhdiwala where Mehboob taught English literature.</p><p></p><p>Scholar Karamjit Singh said in the passing away of Mehboob, the Sikh intellectual world has suffered a huge loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 121001, member: 1"] In the sleepy, almost time warped nook in Sangrur, Harinder Singh Mehboob engaged with some of the most complex issues, some of these having to do with matters of life and death and others with problems related to Sikhism. Neither did his mind ever stop functioning, nor did his pen stop writing till the very last breath. Finally, as Mehboob departed from this world in his own village, the debt that he has left for his contemporaries and future generations will be substantial as they wrestle with his legacy and find that works of several lifetimes were accomplished by this great man in just one incarnation. Mehboob was considered among one of the most learned contemporary writers in Punjab. He was suffering from bone cancer that was detected some time last year and had been undergoing his treatment at Jalandhar. He died on February 15. With Sehje Rachiyo Khalsa and Jhana Di Raat, Mehboob had shown that he could straddle the world of letters and ideas like a colossus. “He was a great poet and there were several finer nuances in his poems which have become a treasure for not only the Sikh and Punjabi literature but for the mankind. While evaluation and understanding of his highly intellectual, philosophical and intuitive works would continue those who have delved deep into his works along with what is being written across the world can understand that he can be arraigned among the best contemporary poets in the world,” said Gurtej Singh, Professor of Sikhism, while returning from his cremation at village Jhoonda in district Sangrur. “There have been very-very few writers who wrote in Punjabi but had encyclopedic knowledge and deepest understanding of intellectual and literary works in other parts of the world also,” he added. Prominent Punjabi writer Jaswant Deed, himself a Sahitya Akademi Award winner, who had interviewed Mehboob for Doordarshan Jalandhar argued that even the preface of award wining poetry collection by Mehboob – Jhannan Di Raat – was one of the most brilliant pieces on history of Punjabi poetry and should be translated in other languages to make others understand about Punjabi literature. “His is the biggest loss in the contemporary intellectual field,” Deed said. [IMG]http://www.sikhnet.com/files/news/2010/February/mehboob-small.jpg[/IMG]Mehboob was born in that part of Punjab which is today in Pakistan. He studied at Mohindra College, Patiala and later taught at Garhdiwala. “One could find the references towards original Sanskrit and Arabic literary texts with their depth intact in his works. One could feel the poetic flights even in his work of prose. Extra ordinarily wide perspectives and intellectual depth can be clearly felt when one reads Mehboob,” said Prof Avtar Singh of Sikh Articulators. Mehboob taught English literature at Khalsa College Garhdiwal but opted to enrich Punjabi. While his first book was Sehje Rachio Khalsa and then came Jhanna Di Raat, for around two decades he was working on an epic about the life of ten Sikh masters – while interweaving the philosophy and history together and expanding the meanings in poetical form. He had written first and fourth volume of the epic “Illahi Nadar De Pende”, a distinct mark in poetry due to its blending of several finer nuances at a time, he was working on the second volume and had written 100 pages when fell sick. Even in his hospital bed, he was yearning to complete it. When the World Sikh News last met him at Jalandhar at the ICU, he looked pale and down but not without a sparkle in his eyes as he talked about his epic work. ““I started working on the epic in 1991 when I visited Bhubneshwar and Jagannath Puri to see the temples there. As soon as I am well I will start work on it,” he said. Alas, that was never to be. “The first thing that came to my mind when I heard of his death was a saying from the holy Koran that says the death of a great scholar is like the passing away of an era,” said renowned Sikhism scholar Ajmer Singh who has actively engaged with Mehboob’s works and is known as someone who perhaps understood his socio-political-religious location better than most. Ajmer Singh said the fact that Mehboob could accomplish all that he did was something the Sikh community should be proud of. “Perhaps he had an intuition that he would be facing big hurdles in completing his work as in the second volume he added a prayer for accomplishing the uphill task,” said his daughter Prof. Satwant Kaur who looked after him throughout. Satwant teaches Punjabi in Khalsa College Garhdiwala where Mehboob taught English literature. Scholar Karamjit Singh said in the passing away of Mehboob, the Sikh intellectual world has suffered a huge loss. [/QUOTE]
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