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{{Short description|Hymn authored by Guru Gobind Singh}}
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{{Infobox religious text|religion=[[Sikhism]]|name=Deh Shiva Bar Mohe Eha<br>{{small|ਦੇਹ ਸਿਵਾ ਬਰ ਮੋਹਿ ਇਹੈ}}|image=Deh Shiva Bar Mohe Ehe in the hand of Guru Gobind Singh.jpg|author=Guru Gobind Singh|caption=''Deh Shiva Bar Mohe Ehe'' in the penmenship of Guru Gobind Singh|title_orig=ਦੇਹ ਸਿਵਾ ਬਰ ਮੋਹਿ ਇਹੈ}} {{Dasam Granth sidebar}}

'''Deh Shiva Bar Mohe Eha''' ([[Gurmukhi]]: ਦੇਹ ਸਿਵਾ ਬਰ ਮੋਹਿ ਇਹੈ) is one of the most celebrated and widely quoted [[hymn|hymns]] by [[Guru Gobind Singh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Grewal |first=J.S. |title=Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708): Master of the White Hawk |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2019 |isbn=9780190990381 |edition=1st |quote=From the Chandi Charittar Ukti Bilas is the famous Savvayya starting with 'Deh Shiva bar mohe eha' (Give me the boon, O' Shiva).}}</ref>

== History ==
It is taken from the [[Chandi Charitar Ukti Bilas|Chandi Charitar Ukati Bilas]] composition of the [[Dasam Granth]], and is generally understood as being composed by Guru Gobind Singh.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |title=Indica, Volumes 40-41 |publisher=Heras Institute of Indian History and Culture, St. Xavier's College |year=2003 |pages=51}}</ref> It is written in the form of a [[quatrain]] or ''[[savaiya]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Jagraj |title=A Complete Guide to Sikhism |publisher=Unistar Books |year=2009 |isbn=9788171427543 |pages=238}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Datta |first=Amaresh |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1988 |isbn=9788126011940 |series=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature series |volume=2 |pages=1625 |quote=There are no special anthems in Punjabi. 'Jana gana mana.....' and 'Vande matram' being the national anthems of India, have been adopted in Punjab with equal fervour. The Sikh institutions, however, have also made "Deh Shiva bar mohe ehai......' a quatrain of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, as the additional anthem.}}</ref> Sikh groups have incorporated it as a [[national anthem]] for Sikhs.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Dilgeer |first=Harjinder Singh |title=The Sikh Reference Book |publisher=Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark |year=1997 |isbn=9780969596424 |pages=94 |quote=Some Sikhs, out of ignorance, began using " deh shiva bar mohe ihai shubh karman te kabhoon na taron ... " as the Sikh national anthem.}}</ref> The composition has been interpreted by some, such as Rajinder Sareen, as evidence that the Guru was a [[Shaivism|Shaivist]], but this has been disputed by others, such as Karnail Singh, as a misinterpretation of the meaning of the verses. Karnail Singh also claims that in-actuality, the hymn was written by ''Shyam'', allegedly one of the fifty two poets in the court of the tenth master.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Karnail |title=Fragments of Half a Century |publisher=Institute of Sikh Studies |year=2005 |isbn=9788185815251 |pages=79}}</ref> The work is used as a prayer within Sikh schools and the [[Sikh Regiment]] of the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Birinder Pal |title=Problem of Violence: Themes in Literature |publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Study |year=1999 |isbn=9788185952611 |pages=111}}</ref> The composition is also a ''jaikara'' ([[battle cry]]) for Sikh warriors.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dang |first=Satyapal |title=Genesis of Terrorism: An Analytical Study of Punjab Terrorists |publisher=Patriot |year=1988 |isbn=9788170500674 |pages=45}}</ref>

==Translations and transliterations==
=== Gurmukhi script ===
{{Blockquote|text=ਦੇਹ ਸਿਵਾ ਬਰੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਇਹੈ ਸੁਭ ਕਰਮਨ ਤੇ ਕਬਹੂੰ ਨ ਟਰੋਂ ॥
ਨ ਡਰੋਂ ਅਰਿ ਸੋ ਜਬ ਜਾਇ ਲਰੋਂ ਨਿਸਚੈ ਕਰਿ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਜੀਤ ਕਰੋਂ ॥ <br/> ਅਰੁ ਸਿਖ ਹੋਂ ਆਪਨੇ ਹੀ ਮਨ ਕੌ ਇਹ ਲਾਲਚ ਹਉ ਗੁਨ ਤਉ ਉਚਰੋਂ ॥
ਜਬ ਆਵ ਕੀ ਅਉਧ ਨਿਦਾਨ ਬਨੈ ਅਤਿ ਹੀ ਰਨ ਮੈ ਤਬ ਜੂਝ ਮਰੋਂ ॥|author=ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ|title=}}

=== Devanagari script ===
{{Blockquote|text=देह शिवा बरु मोहि इहै सुभ (शुभ) करमन ते कबहूँ न टरों ॥
न डरों अरि सो जब जाइ लरों निसचै करि अपुनी जीत करों ॥ <br/> अरु सिख हों आपने ही मन कौ इह लालच हउ गुन तउ उचरों ॥
जब आव की अउध निदान बनै अति ही रन मै तब जूझ मरों ॥|author=गुरू गोबिंद सिंह जी|title=}}

=== Shahmukhi script ===
{{Blockquote|text={{Nastaliq|دیہہ شِوا بَرُ موہِ ایہے سُبھ (شُبھ) کَرَمَن تے کَبَہُو نہ ٹَرو؎-}}
{{Nastaliq| نہ ڈرو اَرِ سو جب جائی لَروں نِسَچَے کَرِ اَپُنی جِیت کَروں ؎۔}} <br/> {{Nastaliq|اَرُ سِکھ ہوں آپنے ہی من کَو اِیہہ لالَچ ہَؤُ گُن تَؤُ اُچَروں ؎-}}
{{Nastaliq|جب آوْ کی اَؤدھ نِدان بَنَے اَتِ ہی رَن مَے تب جُجھ مروں ؎۔}}|author={{Nastaliq|گُرو گوبِند سنگھ جی}}|title=}}

=== English translation ===

{{Blockquote|text=O Siva, (Epithet for the almighty) give me this boon,
May I never ever shirk from doing good deeds,
that I shall not fear when I go into combat.
And with determination I will be victorious.
That I may teach myself this creed alone,
to speak only of Thy (almighty) praises.
And when the last days of my life come,
I may die in the might of the battlefield.|author=Guru Gobind Singh|title=''Deh Shiva Bar Mohe Eha''}}

=== Latin script ===
{{Blockquote|text=Dēh śivā bar[u] moh[i] ihai subh (śubh) karaman tē kabb hu nā ṭarō̃ ॥

Nā ḍarō̃ ar[i] sō jab jāi larō̃ nisachai kar[i] ap[u]nī jīt karō̃ ॥

Ar[u] sikh hō̃ āpanē hī man kau ih lālač ha'u gun ta'u učarō̃ ॥

Jab āv kī a'udh nidān banē at[i] ran mai tab jūjh marō̃ ॥|author=Guru Gobind Sī̃ṅgh Jī|title=}}

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110808112424/http://www.sridasamgranth.com/ www.sridasamgranth.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080506043557/http://www.gobindsadan.org/dasamgranth/library/1897_report/ History and scripture of the Dasam Granth]
*[http://www.sikhnet.com/Sikhnet/Music.nsf/ace1374d5dbde2fa8725695300003f04/3b35c05008bfa610872568ab00061890!OpenDocument Recording by Atam Ras Kirtan]

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{{Guru Gobind Singh}}
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[[Category:17th-century poems]]
[[Category:Indian poems]]
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