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'''''Akhara Bāḍhā Sa'ala Jagu''''' is an [[Apabhraṃśa|Apabhramsa]] poem attributed to [[Saraha]], a [[Vajrayana]] [[Mahasiddha]] saint.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Padam |first=Piara Singh |url=http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=5398&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched= |title=ਪ੍ਰਾਚੀਨ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਗਦ |date=1978 |language=pa |trans-title=Ancient Punjabi Prose}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |editor-last=Singh |editor-first=Harinder |editor2-last=Bhatia |editor2-first=Sunil Kumar |title=Salahiyat |url=https://punjabilibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/December_2024_Vol-3_No-12_Gurumukhi.pdf |journal=Salahiyat |language=Punjabi |publisher=South Asia Research Centre of India |volume=3 |issue=12}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |title=Pajābī tē hōra bhāśāvāṁ |publisher=Bhasha Vibhag |year=1970 |location=Patiala |pages=165–166 |language=pa |script-title=pa:ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਭਾਸ਼ਾਵਾਂ |trans-title=Punjabi and Other Languages}}</ref> The poem is dated to around 760 CE and its language has close affinities to [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], which developed later.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-16 |others=Department of Languages (Punjab) |title=Apabhraśa |script-title=pa:ਅਪਭ੍ਰੰਸ਼ |trans-title=Apabhraṃśa |url=https://punjabipedia.org/topic.aspx?txt=%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%B6 |access-date=17 January 2025 |website=[[Punjabipedia]] (entry sourced from 'Punjabi World Dictionary', vol. I) |language=pa}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Padam |first=Piara Singh |title=Punjabi Boli Da Itihas |publisher=Kalam Mandir, Landhar Mall |year=1995 |edition=3rd |location=Patiala |pages=68, 73 |language=pa |trans-title=History of the Punjabi Language |chapter=Varieties of Apabhramsa}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> The poem is a ''[[Doha (poetry)|doha]]'' couplet.<br />
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== Text ==<br />
The text of the poem is as follows:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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{{Verse translation|Couplet one:<br>ਜਾਣ ਣ ਆਪ ਜਣਿੱਜਣਿ, ਤਾਵ ਣ ਸਿੱਸ ਕਰੇਇ।<br>Jāṇa ṇa āpa jaṇijaṇi, tāva ṇa sisa karē'i<br>ਅੰਧਾ ਅੰਧ ਕਾਢਵ ਤਿਮ, ਵੇਣ ਵਿ ਕੂਵ ਪੜੇਇ॥<br>Adhā adha kāḍhava tima, vēṇa vi kūva paṛē'i.<br>ਅਰਥਃ ਜਦ ਤੱਕ ਆਪ ਜਾਣੂ ਨਾ ਹੋਵੋ ਤਦ ਤੱਕ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਸਿੱਸ ਨਾ ਬਣਾਵੋ। ਜੇ ਅੰਨ੍ਹਾ ਅੰਨ੍ਹੇ ਨੂੰ ਖੂਹ ਚੋਂ ਕੱਢੇ ਤਾਂ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਡੁਬਦੇ ਹਨ॥<br>Arathaਃ jada taka āpa jāṇū nā hōvō tada taka kisē nū sisa nā baṇāvō. Jē anhā anhē nū khūha cōṁ kaḍhē tāṁ dōvēṁ ḍubadē hana.<br><br>Couplet two:<br>ਅੱਖਰ ਬਾਢਾ ਸਅਲ ਜਗੁ, ਣਾਹਿ ਣਿਰੱਖਰ ਕੋਇ।<br>Akhara bāḍhā sa'ala jagu, ṇāhi ṇirakhara kō'i.<br>ਤਾਵ ਸੇ ਅੱਖਰ ਘੋਲਿਆ, ਜਾਵ ਣਿਰੱਖਰ ਹੋਇ॥<br>Tāva sē akhara ghōli'ā, jāva ṇirakhara hō'i<br>ਅਰਥਃ ਸਾਰਾ ਜਗਤ ਅੱਖਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਬੰਨਿਆਂ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ, ਨਿਰੱਖਰ ਕੋਈ ਨਹੀਂ। ਐਸੇ ਅੱਖਰ ਸਿਰਜੋ ਜਿਸ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਨਿਰੱਖਰ “ਅਲੇਖ” ਹੋ ਸਕੀਏ॥<br>Arathaਃ sārā jagata akharāṁ nē bani'āṁ hō'i'ā hai, nirakhara kō'ī nahīṁ. Aisē akhara sirajō jisa rāhīṁ nirakhara “alēkha” hō sakī'ē.|Couplet one:<br>One should not make someone a student until he is aware. If the blind tries to pull the blind out of the well, both of them drown.<br><br>Couplet two:<br>The whole world is bound by letters and there is no single one. Learn such alphabets through which we can write well.|head1=Original (Apabhramsa)|head2=Summarized translation (English)|attr1=''Akhara bāḍhā sa'ala jagu'' (760) by Saraha}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Punjabi literature]]<br />
* [[Taank Kingdom]]<br />
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[[Category:Punjabi poetry]]<br />
[[Category:Punjabi literature]]</div>Md Omar Faruq