Guru Nanak Prakash - 5
Guru Nanak ji's birth is contemporary to the invasions by Babur or may be before him Temur. These invaders were ferocious like animals and vicious because to establish their power and to create fear amongst people they would burn down village after village. They will loot the gold and all types of food grain. Punjab was always like a military camp or chhavni because the invader and later when they established their rule appointed their Subedars with large contingent of soldiers to safeguard the borders. The atrocities on people continued but the brunt was always born by the women. they were captured and molested and were exploited to cook the food for the large contingent of soldiers. The subjugation of traumatized women was worst thing that a civilized society could bear. On seeing so much destruction by Babur at Saidpur and such pitiable condition of women the poet in Guru Nanak wonders: " they who wore beautiful tresses parting of whose hair was dyed with vermilion, hair now shorn with scissors and dust is now thrown upon their heads. they dwelt in their chamber and now cannot find seat in Public. When Babur's rule was being proclaimed no Pathan prince ate his food. How shall now Hindu women now bathe and apply their frontal marks without their sacred squares?" Guru Granth Sahib Page 417 Asa Mahala 1. Guru Nanak was devastated at the condition of Indian women after the barbaric attack of Mogul Babur. He remembers that women in the country were treated like princes at the time of their wedding and now they have to suffer this trauma. He says, they were carried in palanquins, wearing priceless jewellery and they were welcomed with costly nuts and rituals of the land." this is also documented in GG page 417. Guru Nanak also contemplates at the reason for this carnage and thinks this whole drama is created by the Almighty to awaken the Indians from their slumber. The upper class was indulging in easy life because there was no dearth of wealth and the lower classes were lead by superstitions and misguided to belief in their fate. When the news came that Babur is coming to attack India both Muslim and Hindu priest told their subjects to wear talisman and charms, worship and pray that the invader become blind and they suffer from epidemic. Guru Nanak's witness of this episode is documented in Granth Sahib page 418.
Guru Nanak ji's birth is contemporary to the invasions by Babur or may be before him Temur. These invaders were ferocious like animals and vicious because to establish their power and to create fear amongst people they would burn down village after village. They will loot the gold and all types of food grain. Punjab was always like a military camp or chhavni because the invader and later when they established their rule appointed their Subedars with large contingent of soldiers to safeguard the borders. The atrocities on people continued but the brunt was always born by the women. they were captured and molested and were exploited to cook the food for the large contingent of soldiers. The subjugation of traumatized women was worst thing that a civilized society could bear. On seeing so much destruction by Babur at Saidpur and such pitiable condition of women the poet in Guru Nanak wonders: " they who wore beautiful tresses parting of whose hair was dyed with vermilion, hair now shorn with scissors and dust is now thrown upon their heads. they dwelt in their chamber and now cannot find seat in Public. When Babur's rule was being proclaimed no Pathan prince ate his food. How shall now Hindu women now bathe and apply their frontal marks without their sacred squares?" Guru Granth Sahib Page 417 Asa Mahala 1. Guru Nanak was devastated at the condition of Indian women after the barbaric attack of Mogul Babur. He remembers that women in the country were treated like princes at the time of their wedding and now they have to suffer this trauma. He says, they were carried in palanquins, wearing priceless jewellery and they were welcomed with costly nuts and rituals of the land." this is also documented in GG page 417. Guru Nanak also contemplates at the reason for this carnage and thinks this whole drama is created by the Almighty to awaken the Indians from their slumber. The upper class was indulging in easy life because there was no dearth of wealth and the lower classes were lead by superstitions and misguided to belief in their fate. When the news came that Babur is coming to attack India both Muslim and Hindu priest told their subjects to wear talisman and charms, worship and pray that the invader become blind and they suffer from epidemic. Guru Nanak's witness of this episode is documented in Granth Sahib page 418.
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