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Revision as of 21:02, 21 October 2009
Shabad is the term used by Sikhs to refer to a hymn or paragraph or sections of the Holy Text that appears in their several Holy Books. The main holy scripture of the Sikhs is the Sri Guru Granth Sahib also shortened to SGGS. The first Shabad in the SGGS is the Mool Mantar. The text used for the Shabad is in the holy book is Gurmukhi. Below is the Shabad in English transliteration and translation.
Mool Mantar
ik-oNkaar sat naam " A Truth Crafter's Profile/Name through Truths"
kartaa purakh nirbha-o nirvair Truth is Your Name Creator Perfect Keeper Fearless Without Enmity
akaal moorat ajoonee SaibhaN gur parsaad The primary Entity Without Incarnations Self-perpetuating With the Guru’s grace
jap aad sach jugaad sach hai bhee sach Recite! True in the beginning True Through the Ages True even now and
naanak hosee bhee sach ||1|| says Nanak - Will be True in the future
Structure of Shabads
All Shabads or hymns contained in Guru Granth Sahib are classified in different Ragas except the first composition called Japji Sahib and the Swayyas, Saloks and Ragmala at the end of the holy Granth. The Shabads or hymns in Guru Granth Sahib can be classified as by the number of verses per hymn as follows:
No. of verses | Name of format | Total present in SGGS |
2 | dupadas | 608 |
3 | tripade | 73 |
4 | chaupadas | 1,255 |
5 | panchpadas | 80 |
6 | chhepedas | 11 verses |
8 | Ashtpadian | 311 |
16 | sohilas | 62 |
See also
External Links
- To see the holy book in it original text with translation follow this link: Sikhi to the Max
- To see the holy book in it original text with translation follow this link: Sikhi to the Max