33 Savaiye Explained

Religion:Sikhism
33 Savaiye
Subheader:Dasam Granth
Author:Guru Gobind Singh
Previous:Shabad Hazare
Next:Khalsa Mahima
Chapters:33[1] [2]

33 Savaiye (Gurmukhi: ੩੩ ਸਵਈਏ; alternatively transliterated as Swayyae; also known as Sri Mukhvak Savaiya) is a religious work written by Guru Gobind Singh which is included in Dasam Granth, second scripture of Sikhs.[3] [4] It is present after Sabad Patshahi 10 and continued with Khalsa Mahima.[5] It explains qualities of Supreme and the Khalsa.

Synopsis

The compositions lauds a divine conception that is unreached and unknowable by the elucidations used in the Quranic, Vedic, Biblical, and Puranic literature. It also openly challenges anyone who venerates particular avatars of the divine rather than the whole and those who present themselves to be religious people in public yet remain ignorant. The thirtieth savaiya of the work is a strong rebuking of the materialisticly greedy and corrupted masands, as per Dharam Pal Ashta in The Poetry of the Dasam Granth (1959). Some verses of the work are used occasionally for Amrit Sanchar baptismal ceremonies.

It was written at Anandpur Sahib.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: 'Makin' . Gursharan Singh . Zafarnama: The Epistle of Victory . Lahore Book Shop . 8176471798 . 13 . 1st.
  2. Book: Singha . H.S. . The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (Over 1000 Entries) . 2000 . Hemkunt Press . 9788170103011 . 54.
  3. Page 176, The History of Sikh Gurus, Prithipal Singh
  4. Book: Rinehart . Debating the Dasam Granth . Oxford University Press . 2011 . 978-0-19-984247-6 . 32.
  5. Retrieved from Pashaura Singh, Louis E. Fenech: The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies: Oxford University Press, 2014
  6. Retrieved Page - 6, Dasam Granth, Dr. S.S. Kapoor, Hemkunt Press