Satguru Nanak

(ਸਤਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ) Satguru Nanak was considered to be God's incarnation on Earth and beyond. After Satguru Nanak Sri Guru Angad ji his most whole heartedly obeying disciple proceeded as the next king and Guru carrying the same embodiment as the previous Guru and considered as Guru Angad was considered as an embodiment of Satguru Nanak himself. Baba ji spent 24 years on the 5 udasis (long travels from home).

Biography

Guru Nanak's Life at Sultanpur

Nanak married Sulkhni of Batala, and they had two sons, Sri Chand and Lakhmi Das. Guru ji's brother-in-law, the husband of his sister Nanki, obtained a job for him in Sultanpur as the manager of the government's grainary. One morning, when he was twenty-eight, he went as usual down to the river to bathe and meditate. According to SikhiWiki was said that he was gone for three days. When he reappeared, filled with the spirit of God, it was apparent to all that he was a changed man. He would say nothing, he quit his job and distributed all that he had to the poor. Accompanied by his childhood friend, a Muslim named Mardana who had always played the Rebab while Nanak sang, they left town. When, after a few days, he spoke saying "There is no Hindu, no Musalman."[1] It was then that Guru Nanak began his missionary work and travels.

First Udasi (1500-1506 AD)

 Sultanpur, Tulamba (modern Makhdumpur, zila Multan), Panipat, Delhi, Banaras (Varanasi), Nanakmata (zila Nainital, U.P.), Tanda Vanjara (zila Rampur), Kamrup (Assam), Asa Desh (Assam), Saidpur (modern Eminabad, Pakistan), Pasrur (Pakistan), Sialkot (Pakistan). Guru Nanak was of the age of 31-37.

• First Stop At Eminabad
• Sujjan Thug
• Guru Nanak At Hardwar
• Guru At Gorakhmata
• Reetha Sahib
• Guru At Banaras
• Guru At Gaya
• Guru To Kamrup
• Kauda Rakhshash
• Guru At Jagan Nath Puri

Second Udasi (1506-1513 AD)

 Dhanasri Valley, Sangladip (Sri Lanka). Guru Nanak was of the age of 37-44

• Discourse With Jains
• Discourse With Majhavars
• Discourse with Kauda Cannibal
• Somnath Temple, Gujrat
• Dwarka, Gujrat
• Recitation of Bani Dakhni Oankar
• Collection of Bhagat Bani
• Guru To Sangladeep (Ceylon)
• Nanak Jhira
• Guru To Sarsa
• To Sultanpur

Third Udasi (1514-1518 AD)

  Kashmir, Sumer Parbat, Nepal, Tashkand, Sikkim, Tibet. Guru Nanak was of the age of 45-49

• Guru Nanak at Sri Nagar
• From Srinagar
• Lake Guru Dongmar
• Gurudwaras in Jammu & Kashmir
• Gurdwara Sri Nanak Mata Sahib

Fourth Udasi (1519-1521 AD)

 Mecca and the Arab, European, African countries.

Guru Nanak was of the age of 50-52

• Multan, Lakhpat, Karachi
• Addan, Jeddah, Al Mecca, Medina
• Baghdad, Basrah, Karbala
• Bushehar, khorramShahr
• Tehran, Ashghabat, urgench, bukhara, Samarkand
• Guru Nanak in Pakpattan
• Kandhar, Kabul, Hassan Abdal, Jalalabad
• Guru Nanak in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
• Guru Nanak in Medina, Saudi Arabia
• Guru Nanak in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Guru Nanak in Turkey, Azerbaizan, Africa & Rome
• Guru Nanak at Messologhi, Greece
• Guru Nanak in the town of Arta, Greece
• Guru Nanak in Kastoria, Greece
• Back at Baghdad
• Mehds
• Kabul
• Guru Nanak at Hassan Abdal
• Guru Nanak at Eminabad

Fifth Udasi (1523-1524 AD)

Places within the Punjab.

Guru Nanak was of the age of 54-56

• Guru At Achal Batala

Stay at Kartarpur

After which he settled to Kartarpur before leaving his physical form (1525-1539 AD). Guru Nanak was of the age of 56-70.

Other names of Baba Ji

As Satguru Nanak traveled to many different places and met with people of different languages he was given many names and different pronouns the more prominent include Wali Hind, Hazrat Guru Nanak, Nanakacharya, Baba Nanak, Baba Nanak Fakir, Hazrat Rab Majid Baba Nanak Faqi, and he was believed to be a reincarnation of the most famous Buddhist Guru Rimpoche in Tibet as Guru Rimpoche Nanak.

Gifts

Raags in the Guru Granth Sahib

Satguru Nanak has shabds in the following Raags in the SGGS ji: Asa, Basant, Bhaira, Bihaagrhaa, Bilaaval, Dhanasri, Gauri, Goojree, Majh, Maru, Malar, Prabhati, Raamkali, Sarang, Sorath, Suhi, Tilang, Tukhari, Vadhans, Sri Rag.

Further reading

• Guru Nanak Prakash (1843 AD) - Kavi Santokh Singh ji