Bhai Jetha: Difference between revisions

• Was the younger son-in-law of the third Sikh Guru, Guru Amar Das.

• He was married to Bibi Bhani who was younger of the two daughters of Guru Amar Das.

• Later became the Fourth Sikh Guru Guru Ram Das ji

See Platforms of Jetha and Guru Ram Das

JETHA BHAI (d. 1634), a devoted Sikh who successively attended upon Guru Arjan and Guru Hargobind. He took part in sevdfor the excavation of the sacred pool at Amritsar and the construction of the Harimandar. He was one of the five Sikhs who accompanied Guru Arjan on his lastjourney to Lahore where he met a martyr's death in 1606. His other four companions were Bhai Bidhi Chand, Bhai Langah, Bhai Paira and Bhai Pirana. These Sikhs were witness to the events leading to the Guru's martyrdom. They cremated his body and returned to Amritsar to relate to Guru Hargobind and the Sikhs what had happened. Bhai Jetha and the other four received training in the fighting skills and were appointed by Guru Hargobind to lead a troop of one hundred horsemen each. Heaccompanied the Guru to Delhi and was in attendance upon him during his detention in the Fort of Gwalior. He took part in battles against the imperial troops, and fell fighting at Mehraj on 16 December 1634. In Bhai Santokh Singh, Sri Gur Pratdp Suraj Granth, Bhai Jetha is described fighting his last battle as an old man with a grey beard.

References

1. Mani Singh, Bhai, Sikhdn di Bhagai Mdld. Amritsar, 1955

2. Santokh Singh, Bhai, Sri Gur Pratdp Suraj Granth. Amritsar, 1927-33

3. Macaulific, Max Arthur, The Sikh Religion. Oxford, 1909

JETHA, BHAI, a Sikh of the time of Guru Ram Das. He received initiations and instruction at the hands of the Guru himself.

JETHA, BHAI, a Sikh of the time of Guru Ram Das. He received initiations and instruction at the hands of the Guru himself.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Gurdas, Bhai, Varan, XI. 17.

2. Mani Singh, Bhai, Sikhdn di Bhagat Maid. Amritsar,1955

3. Santokh Singh, Bhai, Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Granth. Amritsar, 192733

JETHA, BHAI, a Sethi Khatri, and Bhai Paira Chandalia once visited Guru Arjan and complained that Brahmans ridiculed them for not observing the traditional rituals during the preparation and eating of meals, without which, according to the Brahmans, the food remained impure. The Guru, as says Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhdn di Bhagat Maid, told them that the only rituals worth observing were "feeding the hungry and the poor and reciting grace or thanksgiving prayer and uttering the name Vahiguru before one starts eating."

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Gurdas, Bhai, Varan, XI. 24.

2. Mani Singh, Bhai, Sikhdn di Bhngat Maid. Amritsar, 1955

3. Santokh Singh, Bhai, Sri Cur Pratdp Suraj Cranl.h. Amritsar, 192733

JETHA BHAI (d. 1634), a devoted Sikh who successively attended upon Guru Arjan and Guru Hargobind. He took part in sevdfor the excavation of the sacred pool at Amritsar and the construction of the Harimandar. He was one of the five Sikhs who accompanied Guru Arjan on his lastjourney to Lahore where he met a martyr's death in 1606. His other four companions were Bhai Bidhi Chand, Bhai Langah, Bhai Paira and Bhai Pirana. These Sikhs were witness to the events leading to the Guru's martyrdom. They cremated his body and returned to Amritsar to relate to Guru Hargobind and the Sikhs what had happened. Bhai Jetha and the other four received training in the fighting skills and were appointed by Guru Hargobind to lead a troop of one hundred horsemen each. Heaccompanied the Guru to Delhi and was in attendance upon him during his detention in the Fort of Gwalior. He took part in battles against the imperial troops, and fell fighting at Mehraj on 16 December 1634. In Bhai Santokh Singh, Sri Gur Pratdp Suraj Granth, Bhai Jetha is described fighting his last battle as an old man with a grey beard.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mani Singh, Bhai, Sikhdn di Bhagai Mdld. Amritsar,1955

2. Santokh Singh, Bhai, Sri Gur Pratdp Suraj Granth. Amritsar, 192733

3. Macaulific, Max Arthur, The Sikh Religion. Oxford, 1909

JETHA, BHAI, Bhai Phirna and Bhai Changa, all Bahil Khanis, once came to Guru Arjan to seek instruction. They said, "Some repeat the name of Rama, others of Krsna; some repeat Om, others Soharn. We have been taught to meditate on Vahiguru. Tell us, Master, which name is the most efficacious?" The Guru, says Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhdn di Bhagat Maid, replied, "Any boat would take one across a river, but one should stick to the boat one has boarded. All names of God lead to liberation. For Sikhs the name revealed by Guru Nanak is Vahiguru." Bhai Jetha and his companions, thus enlightened, concentrated on Vahiguru themselves and told others to do so.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Mani Singh, Bhai, Sikhfin di Bhagat Mdld. Amritsar, 1955

2. Saniokh Singh, Bhai, Sri Cur Pratdp Suraj Granth. Amritsar, 192733

JETHA, BHAI, was the masand, or parish preacher, at Lakhnaur at the time of the visit, in 1670, of child Gobind Rai (later Guru Gobind Singh), who arrived there travelling with his mother, Mata Gujari, and grandmother, Mata Nanaki, from Patna to Anandpur.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kahn Singh, Bhai, Gumshabad Ratndkar Mahdn Kosh. Paiiala, 1981

References

1. Gurdas, Bhai, Varan, XI. 17.

2. Mani Singh, Bhai, Sikhdn di Bhagat Maid. Amritsar, 1955

3. Santokh Singh, Bhai, Sri Gur Pratap Suraj Granth. Amritsar, 1927-33