1563-1606, Guruship 1581-1606)	MASAND SYSTEM COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION WORK ANIMOSITY OF PRITHI CHAND PREACHING TOURS OF GURU COMPILATION OF ADI GRANTH PRITHI CHAND'S JEALOUSY MARTYRDOM OF GURU ARJAN SALUTE TO THE MIGHTY KING
Fast Facts FATHER Guru Ram Das Ji MOTHER Bhani ji DATE OF BIRTH 04/15/1563 PLACE OF BIRTH Govindwal, Amritsar WIFE Ganga Ji CHILDREN Har Gobind Sahib Ji AGE, YEAR & TIME AT GUR GADHI 09/01/1581, 25 year REGIMES Akbar & Jahangir CONTRIBUTION OF BANIES Sukhmani Sahib, BarahMaha, Bava Akhri & 2312 Shabads in 30 Rags AGE 43 JYOTI-JOT DAY 05/30/1606 JYOTI JOT PLACE Lahore

The atmosphere was highly charged. Jahangir was hot with rage, so were Sulhi Khan and Sulbi Khan. Prithi Chand burning with jealousy. All these prompted Jahangir to torture Guru Arjan to the extreme. He was made to sit on a hot plate with hot burning sand being poured on him. The Guru breathed his last in 1606 Ad by going to the River Ravi for a dip and eventually disappearing.

"Tera kia meetha lagei
Har Nam padarath Nanak mangei."
(Asa Mohalla 5, p-394)
'Sweet be Thy Will, my Lord
Nanak beseecheth the gift of Nam.'
Translation of the above)

The Guru bore all this torture with equanimity and never uttered a sigh or a groan.
The Guru was unruffled!
The Guru remained calm and unperturbed like a sea!
The Guru was in Absolute Bliss!
This was the wonder of the Lord- an unparallel example in the history of mankind.

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