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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)
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Gurbani (323-330)
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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
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Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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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="spnadmin" data-source="post: 179630" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><strong>The different hues five minutes can adopt</strong></p><p></p><p>By D K Havanoor</p><p></p><p><a href="http://newindianexpress.com/opinion/article1454136.ece" target="_blank">http://newindianexpress.com/opinion/article1454136.ece</a></p><p></p><p>I hail from Gulbarga in North Karnataka and back in the day, there were only two Sikh families who spoke in Kannada when they were outside their homes. So, I had never heard Punjabi being spoken by anybody, until I went for the SSB interviews for commission in the army. In the army I heard enough of Punjabi and was also exposed to the different dialects when I was commissioned in the Sikh Light Infantry.</p><p></p><p>When I was serving with the Assam Rifles, a colleague of mine narrated his experiences in the Low Intensity Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir, specifically the one that won him the Shouraya Chakra. After a military operation, the Army chief visited the site of the encounter and discussed key points about how the operation could have been more successful. The officer replied, “Sir if I had some more time, I could have done better with my boys”. The chief replied, “Yes sure Nigam, the enemy should have given you the extra punj mint for you to do better, no?” Major Nigam was quite perplexed and amused at the same time.</p><p></p><p>Another interesting anecdote was when our infantry division had moved to an operational area for routine training. Those were the days of the landlines and snail mails and so in the evenings, women would book calls to their husbands in the operational area. The exchange operators, who were mostly from the south, couldn’t entertain all the people who had booked calls. There were many complaints by those who were not given the calls. The officer-in-charge of the signal company inquired with his men about the problem. His men said that the officers’ wives would initially plead saying, “Bhaiyya Punj Mint baat karungi” but the calls would invariably go on and on. Furthermore, the women would snap at the operators if they were interrupted. The officer had a ready solution — all the officers and their wives would be allowed to speak necessary things only. The problem, however, was how could the exchange operators, from the south, know what was important and what wasn’t by listening to a flurry of Punjabi? The officer-in-charge had a solution: the moment the caller uttered the words ‘Hore Phir’ (What else), the operator was supposed to cut the call. This was based on the premise that whatever was important was already spoken. The formula worked and there were no complaints thereafter.</p><p></p><p>It was only later when I grew in service, that I came to know that ‘punj mint’ is a misnomer used to denote the time taken to complete the work at hand, no matter how long it would take.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 179630, member: 35"] [B]The different hues five minutes can adopt[/B] By D K Havanoor [url]http://newindianexpress.com/opinion/article1454136.ece[/url] I hail from Gulbarga in North Karnataka and back in the day, there were only two Sikh families who spoke in Kannada when they were outside their homes. So, I had never heard Punjabi being spoken by anybody, until I went for the SSB interviews for commission in the army. In the army I heard enough of Punjabi and was also exposed to the different dialects when I was commissioned in the Sikh Light Infantry. When I was serving with the Assam Rifles, a colleague of mine narrated his experiences in the Low Intensity Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir, specifically the one that won him the Shouraya Chakra. After a military operation, the Army chief visited the site of the encounter and discussed key points about how the operation could have been more successful. The officer replied, “Sir if I had some more time, I could have done better with my boys”. The chief replied, “Yes sure Nigam, the enemy should have given you the extra punj mint for you to do better, no?” Major Nigam was quite perplexed and amused at the same time. Another interesting anecdote was when our infantry division had moved to an operational area for routine training. Those were the days of the landlines and snail mails and so in the evenings, women would book calls to their husbands in the operational area. The exchange operators, who were mostly from the south, couldn’t entertain all the people who had booked calls. There were many complaints by those who were not given the calls. The officer-in-charge of the signal company inquired with his men about the problem. His men said that the officers’ wives would initially plead saying, “Bhaiyya Punj Mint baat karungi” but the calls would invariably go on and on. Furthermore, the women would snap at the operators if they were interrupted. The officer had a ready solution — all the officers and their wives would be allowed to speak necessary things only. The problem, however, was how could the exchange operators, from the south, know what was important and what wasn’t by listening to a flurry of Punjabi? The officer-in-charge had a solution: the moment the caller uttered the words ‘Hore Phir’ (What else), the operator was supposed to cut the call. This was based on the premise that whatever was important was already spoken. The formula worked and there were no complaints thereafter. It was only later when I grew in service, that I came to know that ‘punj mint’ is a misnomer used to denote the time taken to complete the work at hand, no matter how long it would take. [/QUOTE]
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