Sri Bir Mrigaish Gur Bilas Devtaru - Bhai Sher Singh

About this book

This is a massive and extremely important historical granth. It is written by Nirmala Scholar Bhai Sher Singh, a disciple of Baba Khuda Singh (1786-1861), who completed it in 1911. More pragmatically, it contains accounts, in ample detail, of the lives of Baba Sahib Singh Bedi, Baba Bhag Singh of Kuri, Baba Bir Singh of Naurangabad and Baba Khuda Singh. The phrase Dev Taru added to title literally means godly tree and accordingly its subparts are called skandhs (branches). Skand Asare further subdivided into adhyayas (chapters). The first part called Purvardh, lit. earlier half, contains two skandhs and 61 adhyayas while Part II, Uttarardh, lit, the latter half, has three skandhs and 84 adhyayas. The author describes the four holy men as spiritual adepts of the highest rank, and revels in a detailed exposition of their views. The language the author uses is sadhukan, a dialect common among the sadhus, and the style is anecdotal. This granth is massive and difficult, thus Giani Ishar Singh Nara wrote his summary of the granth which you can read below.https://archive.org/details/tat-saar-granth-bir-mrigesh-giani-ishe