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Gurbani (14-53)
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Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
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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)
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Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
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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)
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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
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<blockquote data-quote="Astroboy" data-source="post: 75577" data-attributes="member: 4990"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>The Land of Mites and Maybees</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>Long, long ago</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>on an island far away,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>sat The Land of Mites and Maybees</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>to the left of Backbone Bay.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>The mites were hearty creatures,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>they would never hurt a soul.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>But their problem was they never could</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>achieve a single goal.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>They knew just what they wanted,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>and they'd ponder it at length,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>but when it came to action,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>they just didn't have the strength.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>The maybees were quite similar,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>with only slight revisions.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>They'd say "maybe this" and "maybe that",</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>but never reached decisions.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>There was a king, King Know It All,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>who loved to take advantage</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>of these measly mites and maybees</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>whom without him could not manage.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>Or so they thought, for they'd been told</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>and learned so deep within</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>that there's just no sense in trying</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>when you know you cannot win.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>And so the king, with ruling hand</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>grew stronger every day.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>For the mites and maybees just assumed</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>that his was the best way.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>Till one bright day, out of the blue,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>a mini-mite was walking</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>and in his sheltered innocence,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>he suddenly began talking.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>"Why do we weed our gardens by hand</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>when it's faster with a hoe?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>And why do we sled in summertime</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>instead of in the snow?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>"Why do we paint our buildings brown,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>when red is so much brighter?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>And why do we carry sacks of rocks</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>when stones are so much lighter?"</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>The mini-mite kept asking more,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>like a record that was broken.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>Though all of them had thought these things,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>none had ever spoken.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>"Shhh! Pipe down!", were the frightened cries</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>as they worried their king would hear.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>The mites and maybees looked around,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>their eyes spread wide with fear.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>"I'll be quiet", said the mini-mite,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>"but I just have one more querry.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>If there's more of us than there is of him,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>why is he so scary?"</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>The mites and maybees pondered this,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>this thought that was quite new.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>And as they tugged and wrestled it,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>the logic in it grew.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>Suddenly everything seemed so clear;</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>they all had minds of their own,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>so why were they letting King Know It All</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>rule his mighty throne?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>Well, it didn't take long once this thought was in place,</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>for weeds to be pulled out with hoes.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>And it didn't take long for paint to be red</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>and for sleds to be used when it snows.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>Soon the king got weaker, and finally left;</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>Left the whole kingdom far behind.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>For he realized that not even he was as strong</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong>as the power of speaking your mind.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><strong></strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ffffff"><em>(C) 1998, Arden Davidson</em></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #00ccff"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #ffffff"></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 75577, member: 4990"] [SIZE=6][COLOR=#00ccff][B]The Land of Mites and Maybees [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=4][COLOR=#00ccff][B]Long, long ago on an island far away, sat The Land of Mites and Maybees to the left of Backbone Bay. The mites were hearty creatures, they would never hurt a soul. But their problem was they never could achieve a single goal. They knew just what they wanted, and they'd ponder it at length, but when it came to action, they just didn't have the strength. The maybees were quite similar, with only slight revisions. They'd say "maybe this" and "maybe that", but never reached decisions. There was a king, King Know It All, who loved to take advantage of these measly mites and maybees whom without him could not manage. Or so they thought, for they'd been told and learned so deep within that there's just no sense in trying when you know you cannot win. And so the king, with ruling hand grew stronger every day. For the mites and maybees just assumed that his was the best way. Till one bright day, out of the blue, a mini-mite was walking and in his sheltered innocence, he suddenly began talking. "Why do we weed our gardens by hand when it's faster with a hoe? And why do we sled in summertime instead of in the snow? "Why do we paint our buildings brown, when red is so much brighter? And why do we carry sacks of rocks when stones are so much lighter?" The mini-mite kept asking more, like a record that was broken. Though all of them had thought these things, none had ever spoken. "Shhh! Pipe down!", were the frightened cries as they worried their king would hear. The mites and maybees looked around, their eyes spread wide with fear. "I'll be quiet", said the mini-mite, "but I just have one more querry. If there's more of us than there is of him, why is he so scary?" The mites and maybees pondered this, this thought that was quite new. And as they tugged and wrestled it, the logic in it grew. Suddenly everything seemed so clear; they all had minds of their own, so why were they letting King Know It All rule his mighty throne? Well, it didn't take long once this thought was in place, for weeds to be pulled out with hoes. And it didn't take long for paint to be red and for sleds to be used when it snows. Soon the king got weaker, and finally left; Left the whole kingdom far behind. For he realized that not even he was as strong as the power of speaking your mind. [/B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#ffffff][I](C) 1998, Arden Davidson[/I] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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