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Pat’na City, on the seventh of the light half of Pus, Sambat 1723 
(1666 A.D.). His father was Gum Teg Bahadur, who was summoned 
by Aurang’zeb to Delhi and there compelled to embrace Muhammad¬ 
anism. Teg Bahadur died in 1675 A.D. (fifth of light half of 
Ag’han, Sam. 1732). Some say that he committed suicide, others 
that he was murdered by Aurangzeb. When that monarch began to 
oppress the Hindus, Gobind Sirjgh felt himself to be commissioned by 
god to appear in this world in human form to destroy tyrants. In the 
summer of 1697 A.D. (first of light half of Chait, Sam. 1754), he 
commenced a severe penance, and offered sacrifices to the goddess Kali 
on the hill of Naina Debl, in the district of Hushiar’pur, in the Panjab. 
After a year’s penance, on the ninth of light half of Chait, Sam. 1755 
(A.D. 1698), the goddess appeared to him and commanded him to 
ask a boon. He exclaimed,—“ Goddess, grant me the boon that I may 
always be engaged in good works, and that when I go forth to fight 
the enemy I may always be victorious and never terrified.” The 
goddess disappeared, saying “ Be it so.” 
After he had convinced his disciples of the truth of his mission, 
he made a collection of works containing not only poems by himself, 
but also selections from the works and prophecies of other authors. 
It is called the Granth Sahib (see No. 22), and is in four parts, all in 
verse:— 
(1) The Sunlti Par'kas, a treatise on morals. 
(2) The Sarb Loh Par 1 has, a commentary on Nanak’s (No. 22) 
writings. 
(3) The Prem Sumarg, dealing with the Sikh religion. It contains 
a section entitled the Bachitra Natak, which is a short 
account of Gobind’s life and mission. 
(4) The Budclh Sagar, consisting of hymns and invocations. 
Gobind Siijgh wrote well in Braj Bhakha, Panjabi, and Persian, and 
was altogether a famous poet. 
Cf. Garcin de Tassy, i, 191. According to Wilson, Religious Sects 
of the Hindus, i, 274, the chief work of the sect is known as the Das 
Padshah ka granth . 
170. the bard Khuman, of Char'khari, in BundeTkhand. 
B. 1683 A.D. 
He was born blind and was quite uneducated. It happened that a 
holy man came to his house, and after staying there four months was 
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