Guru Nanak Prakash -4
The greatest disadvantages that the social deterioration in a society can bring are the changes in values, helplessness and humiliation. The invaders humiliated the Hindu society to such an extent by capturing women, violating their chastity and kidnapping them to be sold in the markets of Afghanistan and Arabia. Purda or veil for women is result of that time period. Even the tradition of sati that is burning of widow on her dead husbands pyre is result of that time period. The women always bore the brunt of misplaced priorities. Helplessness of learned increased to such an extent that they took the path of Sadhus, jogis and Naths and kept away from civilization and lived in far off places away from the routes of invaders on mountains and jungles. For their living they depended on the civil society and dwellings of nearest villages. They preferred the route of escapism rather than living in the society and infusing the fighting spirit amongst people to fight the foreign devils. The worst thing that happened was that we didn't learn any lessons. The high caste continued their atrocities on low caste people and to safe guard their own vested interests they became more and more vicious so much so that any voice that raised against them was silenced violently. The Bhakti movement and their creators had to face bans from villages and social sanctions to their families. Unabated the Bhakit movement continued and produced some of the best poetry in the praise of Lord. though the main aim of these Bhaktas was to redeem their right to worship and thus promoting human equality. All those bhaktas who promoted One God theory and equality to humanity have their Bani enshrined in Guru Granth Sahib.
The Islamic rulers of India had merged their value systems with those of rich and affluent and were busy enjoying the life and their corrupt officials continued their reign of terror. Punjab bore the brunt of all invasions because of its geographical position and plains. the route of most of the invaders kept changing and nobody where the next devastation will take place. Most Hindu Rajas had retreated to mountains because they were away from the marauding invaders. Such atrocious conditions continued till the invasion of Mogul dynasty. That is the time when Guru Nanak was born and he witnessed the worst genocides of the history. In his time he witnessed a destruction caused by Babur and plight of Indian women at the hands of invaders.
The greatest disadvantages that the social deterioration in a society can bring are the changes in values, helplessness and humiliation. The invaders humiliated the Hindu society to such an extent by capturing women, violating their chastity and kidnapping them to be sold in the markets of Afghanistan and Arabia. Purda or veil for women is result of that time period. Even the tradition of sati that is burning of widow on her dead husbands pyre is result of that time period. The women always bore the brunt of misplaced priorities. Helplessness of learned increased to such an extent that they took the path of Sadhus, jogis and Naths and kept away from civilization and lived in far off places away from the routes of invaders on mountains and jungles. For their living they depended on the civil society and dwellings of nearest villages. They preferred the route of escapism rather than living in the society and infusing the fighting spirit amongst people to fight the foreign devils. The worst thing that happened was that we didn't learn any lessons. The high caste continued their atrocities on low caste people and to safe guard their own vested interests they became more and more vicious so much so that any voice that raised against them was silenced violently. The Bhakti movement and their creators had to face bans from villages and social sanctions to their families. Unabated the Bhakit movement continued and produced some of the best poetry in the praise of Lord. though the main aim of these Bhaktas was to redeem their right to worship and thus promoting human equality. All those bhaktas who promoted One God theory and equality to humanity have their Bani enshrined in Guru Granth Sahib.
The Islamic rulers of India had merged their value systems with those of rich and affluent and were busy enjoying the life and their corrupt officials continued their reign of terror. Punjab bore the brunt of all invasions because of its geographical position and plains. the route of most of the invaders kept changing and nobody where the next devastation will take place. Most Hindu Rajas had retreated to mountains because they were away from the marauding invaders. Such atrocious conditions continued till the invasion of Mogul dynasty. That is the time when Guru Nanak was born and he witnessed the worst genocides of the history. In his time he witnessed a destruction caused by Babur and plight of Indian women at the hands of invaders.
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