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A tragedy occurs and as Guru Nanak witnesses it, he shows us a path of awareness by layering his instruction underneath the importance of the Creator’s intrinsic ordinance. His insight, which he has passed on to us through the description of the tragedy, hits the deep-rooted lust of people for pleasures. The Guru, a resolute believer of the Creator’s ordinance, reminds us how do people actually make atrocious tragedies inevitable by falling for pleasures that sow the seeds of lethargic and irresponsible behavior in them. The Guru’s observation as an eyewitness is so keen that as we read his composition, we can visualize the tragic moments in our memory.
The tragic moments became a part of Indian History of that time when the Afghans (Ibrahim Lodhi) were the rulers, and a descendant of the Turkic conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) named Babur, also known as a Mughal (Mongol), attacked western part of India hoping to establish his empire in 1526 AD. The Guru witnessed the tragic human slaughtering when he was present in Saidpur. He describes in his shabda how the Afghans took a pathetic stance by going for black magic and failing to anticipate and prepare for Babur’s invasion. As we go through it, on 417/18, SGGS, we will see his picturesque description about the fall of the Afghans that ended up in a calamity.
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