Uch Da Pir—The Origins of 'Kirpan Bhet'
The Tenth Master—Guru Gobind Singh—in the guise of 'Uch Da Pir' ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ - ਪੋਹ ੧੨ (December 27): Uch Da Pir—The Origins of ‘Kirpan Bhet’ - As the account played out in the previous ‘Prasang’ (the forty-fifth chapter of the sixth ‘Rut’), the family of Gulaba and Punjaba Masand had planned to make the Guru Gobind Singh Ji leave their home; they feared that the authorities would be alerted of the Guru’s presence and that they would face harsh consequences of sheltering the Guru and his Singhs in their place of residence. Meanwhile, Ghani Khan and Nabhi Khan, two Muslims who were devout followers of the Guru, received intel from within the Mughal army that Guru Sahib were residing in Machhiwara. They arrived at the house of Gulaba Masand, and from that point onward, they accompanied the Guru and the three Singhs. A few years prior, when the True Guru was returning from Kurukshetra after observing a Solar Eclipse, they had visited the town of Chamkaur, where the village ch...
