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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

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In 1704 when the army of emperor Aurangzeb had laid siege to Anandpur fortress and two of its generals Zabardast Khan and Wajir Khan were playing chess under the shade of a tree while others watched the game, Guru Gobind Singh Ji stood on top of the fortress wall and watched this scene through a telescope. Guru Ji took an arrow from his quiver, strung it hard on his bow and shot it across the fields towards the assembly. Down came the whizzing arrow striking hard into the wooden leg of the manji (indian bed) where the generals sat.

The two generals who were engrossed in the game became panicky when they felt the arrow strike the wooden leg and began to wonder whose audacity and boldness it could be, they both agreed that they had narrowly missed death. Wajir Khan pulled the arrow out with a trembling hand. Raja Ajmerchand of the nearby hill states who had turned an ally of the mughals saw the arrow and recognised it. “This can only be an arrow of (Guru) Gobind Singh, look it has gold mounted on it. It belongs to no one except the Guru. But it is hard to tell from where the Guru has aimed the arrow from?”

The Raja of Mandi at this point interjected, “The Guru is very brave, he must have shot it from atop of the fortress.” Zabardast doubted this as the fortress was nearly two miles away. The Raja of Mandi replied “ Two miles is nothing Guru Ji’s arrows are known to go a lot further.” Upon this Wajir stretched out his hands offering his grateful thanks to heaven for sparing his life.

All the military generals the officers present there began to admire the speak highly of Guru Ji’s chivalry and valiant conduct. They had hardly recovered from the shock of the first arrow, when a second came hissing by and hit the same leg of the manji again. The very sight of the second arrow put all the officers to flight. After a few moments they came out from under their hiding places. A piece of paper was found tied to the second arrow. Zabardast Khan gingerly untied it and read the Persian script.

“It is no miracle. It is a single art of marksmanship. I am not in favour of performing miracles nor do I intend to take the lives of Zabardast and Wajid Khan. You are labouring under the false notion that the first arrow has shot to kill either of you.” Thus the all knowing Guru knew the thoughts of the mughal officers.

THE ABOVE EXTRACT IS PRECEEDED BY THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS...

Every arrow of Guru Gobind Singh Ji was mounted with half an ounce of gold. Its object was to alleviate the suffering of the victim.

Should the person aimed at be wounded then he could sell the gold for medicine.

Should the mark prove fatal, then the gold could be used to aid the deceased family. Two specimens of these arrows are preserved.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

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What is the source of this Sakhi Ji? One person mentions a version from Suraj Prakaash, is that where the tapoban sakhi has been translated from?

Thanks 

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4 hours ago, Guest _shhhhh_ said:

What is the source of this Sakhi Ji? One person mentions a version from Suraj Prakaash, is that where the tapoban sakhi has been translated from?

Thanks 

I think the earliest source of the sakhi might be from Sewa Das's (who was a contemporary of dasmesh padshah) Parchian. 

Remember, Guru ji had been using bow since childhood. Recall the childhood sakhis about firing arrows into water pots in Bihar. So they would be very practiced by the time they grew up. 

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Thank you DallySingh101 - I understand the point about Guru Ji being proficient at Archery. 

I am going through a translated version of Parchian and cannot find the Chess Game sakhi within it....  I have found dozens of sites displaying this sakhi but none citing where the original gurmukhi/sakhi is sourced from... 

I would like to know the origins of the Chess sakhi shared here....


 

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16 hours ago, Guest _shhhhhh_ said:

Thank you DallySingh101 - I understand the point about Guru Ji being proficient at Archery. 

I am going through a translated version of Parchian and cannot find the Chess Game sakhi within it....  I have found dozens of sites displaying this sakhi but none citing where the original gurmukhi/sakhi is sourced from... 

I would like to know the origins of the Chess sakhi shared here....


 

I can't recall this chess sakhi? I'm wondering if I ever heard it?

BTW, if you manage to ever find the original Gurmukhi text of Sewa Das's Parchain, please do share them. I've been after it for years with no success. 

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