GURU GHASIDAS (18 DECEMBER 1756 – 1836)*
Guru Ghasidas drew on the ideological tradition of the Satnami sect, which, in turn, was rooted in the “Begumpur” ideology of Raidas – an ideology that envisages a classless and caste-less egalitarian society.
Raidas writes:
Ab hum khoob vatan ghar paya, ooncha kher sada man bhaya
Begumpura shahar ko nau, dukhu-andohu nahin tihi thau
Na tasvees khiraju na malu, khaufun khata na tarsu juvalu
Aavadaan raham oujood, jahan gani aap basai mabood
Kaem, kaem sada patisahi, dom na soma ek sa aahi
Joyee sail kare soyee buave, haram mahal tako atkave
Kah Ravidas khalas chamara, jo ham sahri su mitu hamara[1]
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