Explore the vibrant history of Punjabi var, from heroic tales to spiritual hymns, celebrated in Sikh gatherings and revered in Punjabi folklore.
Discover the shortest Var in Guru Granth Sahib. Basant Ki Var unlocks Guru's grace, guiding you to overcome ego and embrace divine union this spring.
BILAVAL KI VAR, by Guru Ram Das, is one of his eight vars in a corpus of twenty-two included in the Guru Granth Sahib. It occurs in Raga Bilaval, and consists of thirteen pauris or stanzas, each comprising five lines, with the exception of pauri 10 which is of six lines. To the pauris which are of Guru Ram Das`s composition, slokas were added by Guru Arjan at the time of the compilation of the Holy Book. In its present form, each paun, except pauri 7 which has three slokas prefixed to it, is preceded by two slokas. Of these twenty-seven slokas, two are of the composition of Guru Nanak, one of Guru Ram Das and the remaining of Guru Amar Das.
