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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)
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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="Archived_Member5" data-source="post: 91302" data-attributes="member: 2249"><p><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">As a wife of the murdered Maharajah she would undoubtedly inherit his mantle of power, yet I find it perplexing why the British did not murder her too, in order to allay any counter uprisings from the ranks of the Sikhs. It is one of those questions that nags me at times. The Maharajah, similarly to Guru <?xml::schemas:contacts" /><st1:GivenName w:st="on">Gobind</st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename w:st="on">Singh</st1:middlename> <st1:Sn w:st="on">Ji</st1:Sn> could not be murdered within his own state and people easily unless there was collusion from his own men. There arises a nasty stench of deceit, treachery and betrayal, as <st1:GivenName w:st="on">Jesus</st1:GivenName> too was betrayed by his disciple and handed to an enemy he would not bow to or assimilate with. From time beginning to present day the state of play seems not to change in any way at all. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">The inference the Queen was a political activist is a laughably misleading and self serving one for the British, exonerating the same from blame of her capture and imprisonment. With due consideration given to the fact her husband was murdered, it would follow a state under invasion and siege would look to the figures of authority for leadership. It would seem her own family were adversely influenced and the British with deep derision of stalwarts betraying their own King would have paid a levy to appease the anarchy. There is an untold tale in the whole scenario, the need to conceal foul acts of each cause a cover up of a great magnitude, as always.... </span></span></span></p><p><O<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'">It would seem the Maharajah’s wife was bartered for something in kind, maybe betrayed by her own brothers in lieu for seats of power. It is all very disheartening, in times of need and warfare, one battles with an invasive besieging force and coercion from one’s own internal people. The world changes, and yet it remains entrenched in an eternal damnation of treachery by its own misdeeds, executed by its own peoples. Fidelity will win man his swarg, to his nation, to his faith, to his creed, to his spouse...</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'"><span style="color: black"><O<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #333333">What is that factor, that incendiary device that causes so much dissension and for man to rise against his own brothers kith and kin, in times of according protection to the good it is invariably exploited by the unscrupulous, Great Kings are stained and foolish ones retained to assuage the lower ranks who find their foolish behaviour emboldening. We look about and find in the west no heroes, thinkers, activists at all. To question Why is to expose the evil deception and skulduggery by which the modern seats of power are gained and sustained. The world revolves and turns, yet life changes not ...</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member5, post: 91302, member: 2249"] [FONT=Baskerville Old Face][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333]As a wife of the murdered Maharajah she would undoubtedly inherit his mantle of power, yet I find it perplexing why the British did not murder her too, in order to allay any counter uprisings from the ranks of the Sikhs. It is one of those questions that nags me at times. The Maharajah, similarly to Guru <?xml::schemas:contacts" /><st1:GivenName w:st="on">Gobind</st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename w:st="on">Singh</st1:middlename> <st1:Sn w:st="on">Ji</st1:Sn> could not be murdered within his own state and people easily unless there was collusion from his own men. There arises a nasty stench of deceit, treachery and betrayal, as <st1:GivenName w:st="on">Jesus</st1:GivenName> too was betrayed by his disciple and handed to an enemy he would not bow to or assimilate with. From time beginning to present day the state of play seems not to change in any way at all. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Baskerville Old Face][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333]The inference the Queen was a political activist is a laughably misleading and self serving one for the British, exonerating the same from blame of her capture and imprisonment. With due consideration given to the fact her husband was murdered, it would follow a state under invasion and siege would look to the figures of authority for leadership. It would seem her own family were adversely influenced and the British with deep derision of stalwarts betraying their own King would have paid a levy to appease the anarchy. There is an untold tale in the whole scenario, the need to conceal foul acts of each cause a cover up of a great magnitude, as always.... [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] <O:p [SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Baskerville Old Face]It would seem the Maharajah’s wife was bartered for something in kind, maybe betrayed by her own brothers in lieu for seats of power. It is all very disheartening, in times of need and warfare, one battles with an invasive besieging force and coercion from one’s own internal people. The world changes, and yet it remains entrenched in an eternal damnation of treachery by its own misdeeds, executed by its own peoples. Fidelity will win man his swarg, to his nation, to his faith, to his creed, to his spouse...[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Baskerville Old Face][COLOR=black]<O:p[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][FONT=Baskerville Old Face][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333]What is that factor, that incendiary device that causes so much dissension and for man to rise against his own brothers kith and kin, in times of according protection to the good it is invariably exploited by the unscrupulous, Great Kings are stained and foolish ones retained to assuage the lower ranks who find their foolish behaviour emboldening. We look about and find in the west no heroes, thinkers, activists at all. To question Why is to expose the evil deception and skulduggery by which the modern seats of power are gained and sustained. The world revolves and turns, yet life changes not ...[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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