Post by kasana110 on Jan 11, 2013 19:09:40 GMT 5.5
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Ancestry, birth and childhood Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur belongs to the solar dynasty of Kshatriyas. This dynasty ruled
over India in ancient times. Guru Gobind Singh in his Autobiography "The Bachittar
Natak" has narrated the ancestry of all the Gurus. To this solar dynasty belongs the
legendary king-god Sri Ramchandra. After Sri Ramchandra, his two sons Luv and Kush
ruled over the Punjab. The modern cities of Lahore and Kasur are named after them.
Later in this dynasty there were two brothers named Kalket and Kalrai. Out of the two, Kalket was stronger and he defeated his brother Kalrai. Kalrai, after his defeat, went
away to Snodh, where he married the local king's daughter. His son was named Sodhi
Rai. His descendants are called Sodhis. Over a period of time the dynasty expanded and
with increased power and wealth there began battles between the descendants of Luv
and Kush. In the end the descendants of Luv (Sodhis) came out victorious. The
descendants of Kushv were defeated and went away to Kanshi (Banares), which is the ancient Indian centre of learning. During their period in Kanshi they mastered the Indian
classics (Vedas), and became renowned intellectuals. Since they learnt the Vedas, they
were referred to as Bedis. The fame of their learning spread far and wide. The Sodhis,
the rulers of the Punjab, came to know of the heights to which their brethren Bedis had
reached and invited them to pay a visit to the Punjab. During this visit to the Punjab, the
Bedis held learned discourses with the Sodhis and recited from memory all the four Vedas. The Sodhis were very pleased and impressed with the spiritual knowledge that
their brethren had acquired during their stay in Kanshi. They felt that the best way of
rewarding such learned ones was to give them their kingdom, and following their
footsteps, go away to Kanshi and devote more time to the learning of Vedas
themselves. The Bedis were very pleased with the offer of the Sodhis kingdom. Guru Nanak was born in their dynasty in 1469 A.D.
at Talwandi, Punjab.
Guru Nanak was the founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. It is part of Sikh religious belief that the spirit of Guru Nanak's sanctity, divinity and
religious authority descended upon each of the nine subsequent Gurus when the Guruship was devolved on to them. Nanak was born on 15 April 1469, Nankana Sahib, near Lahore, Pakistan. His parents were Kalyan Chand Das Bedi, popularly shortened to Kalu Mehta,and Mata Tripta. His father was a patwari (accountant) for crop revenue in the village of Talwandi, employed by a Muslim landlord of that area, Rai Bular Bhatti.
Kalu Mehta (formally Kalyan Chand Das Bedi) was the father of Guru Nanak Dev (1469–1539), the founder and first guru of Sikhs. A Khatri by caste of the Bedi clan, he served as the patwari (accountant) of crop revenue for the village of Talwandi in the employment of a Muslim landlord of that area, Rai Bular Bhatti.Guru Nanak’s mother was Tripta Devi and he had one elder sister, Bebe Nanaki who became a spiritual figure in her own right. Kalu Mehta later became a disciple of the Guru, also his son.
According to Bichitra Natak, said to be the autobiography of the last Sikh Guru Gobind Singh, the Bedi sub-caste of the Khatris derives its lineage from Kush, the son of Rama in the Hindu mythology. The descendants of Kush, according to Bachitar Natak legend, learned the Vedas at Benares, and were thus called Bedis (Vedis). Similarly, according to the same legend, the Sodhi sub-caste claims descent from the Lav, the other son of Rama.
Keeping all this in mind one has to beleive that Guru Nanak dev ji was also a Gujjar of Khatri Bedi clan who are also the descendants of Kush.
Share your views.
Regards,
Ch.Qussain Kasana.
Ancestry, birth and childhood Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur belongs to the solar dynasty of Kshatriyas. This dynasty ruled
over India in ancient times. Guru Gobind Singh in his Autobiography "The Bachittar
Natak" has narrated the ancestry of all the Gurus. To this solar dynasty belongs the
legendary king-god Sri Ramchandra. After Sri Ramchandra, his two sons Luv and Kush
ruled over the Punjab. The modern cities of Lahore and Kasur are named after them.
Later in this dynasty there were two brothers named Kalket and Kalrai. Out of the two, Kalket was stronger and he defeated his brother Kalrai. Kalrai, after his defeat, went
away to Snodh, where he married the local king's daughter. His son was named Sodhi
Rai. His descendants are called Sodhis. Over a period of time the dynasty expanded and
with increased power and wealth there began battles between the descendants of Luv
and Kush. In the end the descendants of Luv (Sodhis) came out victorious. The
descendants of Kushv were defeated and went away to Kanshi (Banares), which is the ancient Indian centre of learning. During their period in Kanshi they mastered the Indian
classics (Vedas), and became renowned intellectuals. Since they learnt the Vedas, they
were referred to as Bedis. The fame of their learning spread far and wide. The Sodhis,
the rulers of the Punjab, came to know of the heights to which their brethren Bedis had
reached and invited them to pay a visit to the Punjab. During this visit to the Punjab, the
Bedis held learned discourses with the Sodhis and recited from memory all the four Vedas. The Sodhis were very pleased and impressed with the spiritual knowledge that
their brethren had acquired during their stay in Kanshi. They felt that the best way of
rewarding such learned ones was to give them their kingdom, and following their
footsteps, go away to Kanshi and devote more time to the learning of Vedas
themselves. The Bedis were very pleased with the offer of the Sodhis kingdom. Guru Nanak was born in their dynasty in 1469 A.D.
at Talwandi, Punjab.
Guru Nanak was the founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. It is part of Sikh religious belief that the spirit of Guru Nanak's sanctity, divinity and
religious authority descended upon each of the nine subsequent Gurus when the Guruship was devolved on to them. Nanak was born on 15 April 1469, Nankana Sahib, near Lahore, Pakistan. His parents were Kalyan Chand Das Bedi, popularly shortened to Kalu Mehta,and Mata Tripta. His father was a patwari (accountant) for crop revenue in the village of Talwandi, employed by a Muslim landlord of that area, Rai Bular Bhatti.
Kalu Mehta (formally Kalyan Chand Das Bedi) was the father of Guru Nanak Dev (1469–1539), the founder and first guru of Sikhs. A Khatri by caste of the Bedi clan, he served as the patwari (accountant) of crop revenue for the village of Talwandi in the employment of a Muslim landlord of that area, Rai Bular Bhatti.Guru Nanak’s mother was Tripta Devi and he had one elder sister, Bebe Nanaki who became a spiritual figure in her own right. Kalu Mehta later became a disciple of the Guru, also his son.
According to Bichitra Natak, said to be the autobiography of the last Sikh Guru Gobind Singh, the Bedi sub-caste of the Khatris derives its lineage from Kush, the son of Rama in the Hindu mythology. The descendants of Kush, according to Bachitar Natak legend, learned the Vedas at Benares, and were thus called Bedis (Vedis). Similarly, according to the same legend, the Sodhi sub-caste claims descent from the Lav, the other son of Rama.
Keeping all this in mind one has to beleive that Guru Nanak dev ji was also a Gujjar of Khatri Bedi clan who are also the descendants of Kush.
Share your views.
Regards,
Ch.Qussain Kasana.
