Dastaars?!

[jassa]

actualy there is

slok dummale da which we nehang singh do jaap of while wearing or removing dumalla i m writing part of it

patt raki gur parbrham

taj parpanch mo ho bekar

nanak sou aradhiye

ant na parawar

sajje jo dummala

chute khoob farra

ajb sohe chakkar

khanda torre walla

guru ji ne fathe singh ji ko buleya

chale go too jaise panth aisa mukhe se aleya

hum akali saab ke vahli

hamra panth neyara hai

din majhab ka yudh jo kinna

khanda fareya dutara hai ......................

[Jaspaul Singh]

wow.. jassa jee .. an attempt to please translate that into english !?!

[jassa]

i cant translate into english .... but i can write full path if some else want to translate it ...

more over i dont think so u will find it in any gutka or any audio .... because its done jubani and is taught to every bhujangi at the 4 or 5 .... thats when i learned it ...

[jss]

jassa veer...

i have heard that not all of salok dummaallay kay is actually gurbani...some parts of it are and some parts the nihungs have added as an oral tradition to recite to keep spirits up and infuse enthusiasm....

again...we must get our guidance from gurbani...

[raj_karega_khalsa]

kMGw dono vkq kr pwg cunY kr bWDeI ]

ka(n)ghaa dhono vakath kar paag chunai kar baa(n)dhhee ||

Comb your hair twice a daily and re-tie your turban each time your wear it.

Rehatnama Bhai Nand Laal Jee

hoie isK isr topI DrY ] swq jnm kuStI huie mrY ]

hoe sikh sir ttopee dhharai || saath janam kushattee hue marai ||

He who as a Sikh places a hat on their head; will be reborn seven times as a leper.

Thankhaanama Bhai Nand Laal Jee

^wlsw soie ju cBY qurMg ]

khhaalasaa soe j chabhai thura(n)g ||

He is the Khalsa who is forever ready for battle.

Thankhaanama Bhai Nand Laal Jee

The Khalsa should always be ready for battle, so should always be wearing a dastar.

The 52 Hukams of Guroo Gobind Singh Jee say...Dasthaar binaa nehee rehnaa....never be without a dastar.

i got a question that i've always wondered about. How come some women of the khalsa wear Paghan? is there reasoning behind it or history? i would realy like to know

thank you

Same reason as why men of the Khalsa are supposed to wear dastaars. It's Guroo Jee's Hukam.

[raj_karega_khalsa]

Jab Lag Khaalsaa rahi niaaraa. Thab lag thaej diou(n) mai saaraa. Jab eih gahi bipran kee reeth. Mei(n) na karo in kee partheeth.

[raj_karega_khalsa]

compiled by bhai manmohan singh jee

Well-known Sikh historian Bhai Sahib Bhai Santokh Singh has given a somewhat detailed description concerning Mai Bhag Kaur (commonly known as Mai Bhago) of Forty Muktas fame in his well known historical work GUR PARTAP SURYA. He mentions that Mai Bhag Kaur had reached the highest stage of enlightenment and had almost lost her body consciousness...so much so that when her clothes became worn to shreds, she did not care to replace them. Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji called her in His Holy presence and instructed her to always stick to the Gursikh dress as prescribed in the Code of Conduct. In particular, she was ordered to wear Kachhehra and chhoti dastaar. In fact, according to some chroniclers, the dastaar was tied on her head by the Satguru himself. If this dastaar was not a Rahit, where was the need to include this item in the instructions given to a lady who had reached almost the Brahmgyan stage? It apparently shows that the Satguru gave as much importance to Dastaar as to other Rahits like Kachhehra.

In the Museum of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's fort at Lahore and Victoria Museum at Calcutta, the pictures of Sikh women of old time can be seen even now, depicting them with small dastaars or keskis.

Bhai Sahib Vir Singh, in his well known poetical work, RANA SURAT SINGH, depicts Rani Raj Kaur as a Saint Soldier or Rajyogi of the highest order. Her very impressive picture given in the book depicts her with a well-tied Keski, on which is also affixed a khanda-chakkar, the emblem of Sikhism.

The Sikh women belonging to the Jatha of Bhai Sahib (Sant) Teja Singh Ji of Mastuana, have been seen doing Kirtan in congregations wearing dastaars. He was instrumental in establishing Akal Academy - a Higher Secondary School at Baru in Himachal Pradesh wherin all students - boys as well as girls - are required to wear turbans as a prescribed school uniform.

The Central Majha Diwan and Panch Khalsa Diwan, Bhasaur - the two organizations which played a remarkable role in the Sikh renaissance movement in the first decade of the twentieth century laid special stress on the wearing of Keski by women.

The author had the privilege of meeting the late Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji Khalsa of the Bhindranwala Jatha along with his whole family, including his wife, two sons and their wives. They were all wearing Keskis just as the members of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha do.

S. Shamsher Singh Ashok who has been an active member of the Singh Sabha movement and an erstwhile Research Scholar of the S.G.P.C., while discussing the prevalence of the use of 'keski', states:

"...and, consequently in the Amrit-Parchaar at the Akal Takht Sahib, this was a precondition even for ladies before they could be baptized there. Any woman who was not prepared to wear Keski was not baptized. This practice continued even after the end of the Gurdwara movement. Relaxation was made only when Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir became the Jathedar of the Akal Takht."23

A recent discovery from old literature puts a final seal on the Keski having been prescribed as a Rahit by the Tenth Guru himself. While going through the old Vahis of the Bhatts, lying with their successors in Karnal District in Haryana State, Prof. Piara Singh Padam of Punjabi University Patiala came across a paragraph explaining the first baptism of the double-edged sword bestowed by Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji on the First Five Beloved Ones on the Baisakhi of 1699 A.D. and the Code of Conduct imparted to them on that auspicious occasion. Based upon the language and style, this manuscript has been assessed to have been written in about the end of the eighteenth century. As this finding is of special significance in this respect, the English translation of the whole paragraph is reproduced below:

"Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Tenth Guru, son of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, in the year Seventeen Hundred Fifty Two, on Tuesday - the Vaisakhi day - gave Khande-Ki-Pahul to Five Sikhs and surnamed them as Singhs. First Daya Ram Sopti, Khatri resident of Lahore stood up. Then Mohkam Chand Calico Printer of Dawarka; Sahib Chand Barber of Zafrabad city; Dharam Chand Jawanda Jat of Hastnapur; Himmat Chand Water Carrier of Jagannath stood up one after the other. All were dressed in blue and he himself also dressed the same way. Huqqah, Halaal, Hajaamat, Haraam, Tikka, Janeyu, Dhoti, were prohibited. Socialization with the descendants of Prithi chand (Meenay), followers of Dhirmal and Ram Rai, clean shaven people and Masands was prohibited. All were given Kangha, Karad, KESGI, Kada and Kachhehra. All were made Keshadhari. Everyone's place of birth was told to be Patna, of residence as Anandpur. Rest, Guru's deeds are known only to the Satguru. Say Guru! Guru! Guru! Guru will help everywhere."24

[Bhujangan]

THe shabad saabat soorat dastaar siraa is translated wrong. The word soorat is confused with the word surat. Surat means concentration, but soorat means our roop, our appearance. The translation would be that saabat soorat, or complete appearance is with a dastaar on the head.