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ਚੱਕ੍ਰ ਚਿਹਨ ਅਰੁ ਬਰਨ ਜਾਤਿ ਅਰੁ ਪਾਤਿ ਨਹਿਨ ਜਿਹ ॥

Chakr chihan ar baran jaat ar paat nahin jih.

Meaning Transliteration
Dasam Granth · Jaap Sahib · Guru Gobind Singh Ji
Reference check pending

ਚੱਕ੍ਰ ਚਿਹਨ ਅਰੁ ਬਰਨ ਜਾਤਿ ਅਰੁ ਪਾਤਿ ਨਹਿਨ ਜਿਹ ॥

Chakr chihan ar baran jaat ar paat nahin jih.

Meaning · GurVichaar explanation, not a scholarly translation

The One who has no mark or sign, no colour, caste or lineage —

ਉਹ ਇੱਕ, ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ ਨਹੀਂ, ਕੋਈ ਰੰਗ, ਜਾਤ ਜਾਂ ਵੰਸ਼ ਨਹੀਂ —

Context

This line is by Guru Gobind Singh Ji.

It is from the Dasam Granth. The Sikh Rehat Maryada includes several Dasam Granth compositions in Nitnem; the authorship of parts of the Dasam Granth is discussed by scholars, in Jaap Sahib.

A single line is best understood within its full Shabad.

Where this verse appears on GurVichaar

Sources

  1. Dasam Granth
  2. Gurmukhi text and reference: to be checked against a printed Gutka

The “meaning” is GurVichaar’s own plain-language explanation — not a scholarly translation, and not attributed to any translator. The full Shabad’s translations come from BaniDB and are credited there. Punjabi explanations are drafts awaiting review.