Guru Amardas Ji : Born

1. Born

Born: 1479

Born Place: Baasrke, district Shri Amritsar Sahib ji

Mother's Name: Mata Lakshami ji

Father's Name: Bhaai TejBhaan ji

Marriage Year: 1496

Wife's Name: Mansa Devi (Ram Kaur)

Children's: 4 (2 Sons & 2 Daughters)

Name of Fist Son: Baba Mohan ji

Name of Second Son: Baba Mohari ji

Name of First Daughter: Bibi Bhani ji

Name of Second Daughter: Bibi Dani ji

Ruler: Humaayun & Akbar

Mind Arise with: Shri Japuji Sahib (Bani of Shri Guru Nanak dev ji)

Construction of Shri Baaoli Sahib

Other names: The Third Master

Years active: 1552–1574

Known for: Writing the Anand Sahib

Predecessor: Guru Angad

Successor: Guru Ram Das

Departure: 1574

Departure Place: Shri Goindwaal Sahib ji

Bhai Amardas was born on 5th May 1479 at Basarkay in Amritsar district. His father Tejbhan Bhalla was a middle class farmer and trader. His mother Bhakht Kaur, also called Sulakhni, was a homely and pious lady. Born in a typical Vaishnava family, Amardas followed its traditional religious practices, and abstained from meat. At the age of twenty-four he married Mansa Devi. In due course, he had two sons - Mohri and Mohan, and two daughters - Dani and Bhani. He was religiously inclined and followed the Vaishnava mode of worship. From the age of forty-two, he started going to Hardwar for pilgrimage every year. After the death of his father (in 1553), he became the head of the family. In 1541, Amardas as usual proceeded to Hardwar for pilgrimage. On his return journey, he met a monk who got very friendly with him. Both shared a meal and began a religious discussion. During the conversation, the monk - some say he was a Brahamchari devotee - asked Amardas the name of his Guru. Amardas replied that he had no Guru. The monk was much upset by the answer and expressed his regret for having taken food from one who had no Guru. He further added that he had committed a sin by sharing a meal with a Guru-less person and as such he would have to go again to Hardwar for washing away his sin. Amardas reflected on the remark of the monk and realised the need of a Guru. He felt that he had wasted twenty-one years in pilgrimage and achieved nothing on the spiritual plane. Moreover, the label of Beguru Nigura (Guru-Less person) given by the monk to Amardas was a source of constant humiliation to him. So Amardas began his search for a Guru in right earnest. As soon as Amardas reached home, he began to reflect over his sad plight and inner tension. He could hardly sleep during that night. Lost in his anxiety over the restless condition of his mind, he turned frequently from one side to another in his bed. Fortunately, early at dawn he heard a sweet and inspiring song sung by his nephew's wife - Bibi Amro. He listened to the hymn attentively and reflected on the meaning of the words. Amro had learnt the hymn from her father - Guru Angad Dev - who lived in Khadur. Amardas realised that the hymn summed up his real condition and the need of a Guru for gaining peace of mind and spiritual comfort.

The hymn is as follows:

"Conduct is the paper and mind is the inkpot. Good and bad deeds are the writs recorded thereon. As the past deeds drive the man, so he walks. O God! There is no limit to Thy excellence. The body is the furnace and the mind is the iron therein. The fires of five passions heat it up. The mind turned into dross is again transmuted into gold, if the philosopher's stone, like the Guru is met. The Guru blesses man with ambrosial Name of the Lord and then the body and mind become stable." (Page or Ang. 990)

* The number given in brackets refers to the page of the Shri Guru Granth Sahib ji.

As he heard the melody and understood its message, he felt comforted. The sweet and inspiring words soothed his mind. He asked Bibi Amro about the composer of the hymn. She told him that this was the composition of Guru Nanak who had passed away and nominated her father - Guru Angad - as the second Guru of the Sikhs. Amardas requested her to take him immediately to her father at Khadur. She complied with his wish and both of them reached Khadur after a few hours.





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				1. Born Born: 1479 Born Place: Baasrke, district Shri Amritsar Sahib ji Mother's Name: Mata Lakshami ji Father's Name: Bhaai TejBhaan ji Marriage Year: 1496 Wife's Name: Mansa Devi (Ram Kaur) Children's: 4 (2 Sons & 2 Daughters) Name of Fist Son: Baba Mohan ji Name of Second Son: Baba Mohari ji Name of First Daughter: Bibi Bhani ji Name of Second Daughter: Bibi Dani ji Ruler: Humaayun & Akbar Mind Arise with: Shri Japuji Sahib (Bani of Shri Guru Nanak dev ji) Construction of Shri Baaoli Sahib Other names: The Third Master Years active: 1552–1574 Known for: Writing the Anand Sahib Predecessor: Guru Angad Successor: Guru Ram Das Departure: 1574 Departure Place: Shri Goindwaal Sahib ji Bhai Amardas was born on 5th May 1479 at Basarkay in Amritsar district. His father Tejbhan Bhalla was a middle class farmer and trader. His mother Bhakht Kaur, also called Sulakhni, was a homely and pious lady. Born in a typical Vaishnava family, Amardas followed its traditional religious practices, and abstained from meat. At the age of twenty-four he married Mansa Devi. In due course, he had two sons - Mohri and Mohan, and two daughters - Dani and Bhani. He was religiously inclined and followed the Vaishnava mode of worship. From the age of forty-two, he started going to Hardwar for pilgrimage every year. After the death of his father (in 1553), he became the head of the family. In 1541, Amardas as usual proceeded to Hardwar for pilgrimage. On his return journey, he met a monk who got very friendly with him. Both shared a meal and began a religious discussion. During the conversation, the monk - some say he was a Brahamchari devotee - asked Amardas the name of his Guru. Amardas replied that he had no Guru. The monk was much upset by the answer and expressed his regret for having taken food from one who had no Guru. He further added that he had committed a sin by sharing a meal with a Guru-less person and as such he would have to go again to Hardwar for washing away his sin. Amardas reflected on the remark of the monk and realised the need of a Guru. He felt that he had wasted twenty-one years in pilgrimage and achieved nothing on the spiritual plane. Moreover, the label of Beguru Nigura (Guru-Less person) given by the monk to Amardas was a source of constant humiliation to him. So Amardas began his search for a Guru in right earnest. As soon as Amardas reached home, he began to reflect over his sad plight and inner tension. He could hardly sleep during that night. Lost in his anxiety over the restless condition of his mind, he turned frequently from one side to another in his bed. Fortunately, early at dawn he heard a sweet and inspiring song sung by his nephew's wife - Bibi Amro. He listened to the hymn attentively and reflected on the meaning of the words. Amro had learnt the hymn from her father - Guru Angad Dev - who lived in Khadur. Amardas realised that the hymn summed up his real condition and the need of a Guru for gaining peace of mind and spiritual comfort. The hymn is as follows: "Conduct is the paper and mind is the inkpot. Good and bad deeds are the writs recorded thereon. As the past deeds drive the man, so he walks. O God! There is no limit to Thy excellence. The body is the furnace and the mind is the iron therein. The fires of five passions heat it up. The mind turned into dross is again transmuted into gold, if the philosopher's stone, like the Guru is met. The Guru blesses man with ambrosial Name of the Lord and then the body and mind become stable." (Page or Ang. 990) * The number given in brackets refers to the page of the Shri Guru Granth Sahib ji. As he heard the melody and understood its message, he felt comforted. The sweet and inspiring words soothed his mind. He asked Bibi Amro about the composer of the hymn. She told him that this was the composition of Guru Nanak who had passed away and nominated her father - Guru Angad - as the second Guru of the Sikhs. Amardas requested her to take him immediately to her father at Khadur. She complied with his wish and both of them reached Khadur after a few hours.

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