The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 2 (of 3): translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Religion
The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 2 (of 3): translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Iran -- Religion; Religions
The Guru Har-govind, in a letter to the author of this work, gave
himself the title of Nânac, which was his right distinction. I saw him
in the year 1053 of the Hejirah (A. D. 1643) in Kirtpúr. The Guru
Har-ráyi was the grandson of the said Guru;[476] his father was Garuta
(or Guru daitya), who is known under the name of Bábá Jév. The Guru
Har-govind wished first to transmit his place to his son Garuta, or
Bábá Jév; but the Guru Nághura, one of the Sikhs, brought his daughter
to Bábá Jév. The Bábá wished to send her to his private apartments.
His wife, the mother of Har-ráyi, complained of it to Har-govind, her
father-in-law, who, having heard her, said to Bábá Jév: “Having given
to Nághura the name of my son, I own him as such, and his daughter
cannot go to you, my son.” Nághura refused to take back his daughter;
nor would Bábá Jév give her up. The Guru Har-govind then said: “May
neither happiness nor success ever attend this husband and his wife!”
Upon that, the same day, Bábá Jév threw away his nuptial dress, and
sent the daughter of the Guru Nághura untouched back to her house. In
consequence of this event, Har-govind showed a more particular esteem
for his grandson Har-ráyi,[477] the son of Bábá Jév; he gave him the
name of his father, Bábá Jév, and appointed him his successor.
Invested with this dignity, Har-rayi remained one year in Kirtpúr.
When in the year of the Hejirah 1055 (A. D. 1645) Najábet Khan, the
son of Sharogh Mirza, by order of the pádsháh Shah-jehan, invaded with
an army the land of the rája Tarachand, and made the rája a prisoner,
the Guru Har-ráyi betook himself to Thapal, which town is situated in
the district of the rája Keramperkás, not far from Sirhind.
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