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Ang 821CharitropakhyanGuru Guru Gobind Singh

ਦੋਹਰਾ ॥

doharaa |

Dohira

ਪਤਿ ਮਾਰਿਯੋ ਸੁਤ ਮਾਰਿਯੋ ਧਨ ਲੈ ਗਏ ਚੁਰਾਇ ॥

pat maariyo sut maariyo dhan lai ge churaae |

‘They killed my husband they killed my son and took all our wealth.

ਤਾ ਪਾਛੈ ਮੈਹੂੰ ਜਰੌ ਢੋਲ ਮ੍ਰਿਦੰਗ ਬਜਾਇ ॥੧੪॥

taa paachhai maihoon jarau dtol mridang bajaae |14|

‘Now, with the beat of the drum I declare that I will become a Sati by immolating myself with him.’(14)

ਭਯੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਤ ਚੜਿ ਚਿਖਾ ਪੈ ਚਲੀ ਜਰਨ ਕੇ ਕਾਜ ॥

bhayo praat charr chikhaa pai chalee jaran ke kaaj |

Next morning she headed towards the funeral pyre and the people

ਲੋਗ ਤਮਾਸੇ ਕੌ ਚਲੇ ਲੈ ਲਕਰਿਨ ਕੋ ਸਾਜ ॥੧੫॥

log tamaase kau chale lai lakarin ko saaj |15|

Followed, too, with firewood in their hands, to observe the spectacle.(15)

ਸੁਨਤ ਸੋਰ ਲੋਗਨ ਕੋ ਬਾਜਤ ਢੋਲ ਮ੍ਰਿਦੰਗ ॥

sunat sor logan ko baajat dtol mridang |

Listening to the beats of the drums and observing the movement of

ਲਖ︀ਯੋ ਹੁਤੋ ਜੌਨੇ ਅਤਿਥ ਵਹੈ ਚਲਿਯੋ ਹੈ ਸੰਗ ॥੧੬॥

lakhayo huto jauane atith vahai chaliyo hai sang |16|

The people, that mendicant, who had seen all the happenings, came along too.(16)