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Jaap Sahib (or Japu Sahib; Punjabi: ਜਾਪੁ ਸਾਹਿਬ, pronunciation: [d͡ʒaːpʊ saːɦɪb]) is the morning prayer of the Sikhs. The beaded prayers were composed by the Tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh and is found at the start of the Sikh scripture Dasam Granth . [ 4 ]
Jaap Sahib is structured as a stotra that are commonly found in 1st millennium CE Hindu literature. The Jaap Sahib, unlike the Japji Sahib, is composed predominantly in Braj-Hindi and the Sanskrit language, with a few Arabic and Persian words, and with 199 stanzas making it longer than Japji Sahib. [1]
Japji Sahib is a Sikh prayer, that appears at the beginning of the Guru Granth Sahib – the scripture and the eternal guru of the Sikhs. It was composed by Guru Nanak , the founder of Sikhism . It begins with Mool Mantra and then follow 38 paudis (stanzas) and completed with a final Salok by Guru Angad at the end of this composition.
A list of the 52 commands in romanized Punjabi with a faithful English translation is provided as follows: 1. Dharam dee kirat karnee – Make a righteous living. 2. Dasvand denaa – Donate a tenth share of your earnings. 3. Gurbani kantth karnee – Memorize Gurbani. 4. Amrit Velā utthnaa – Arise during Amrit vela (early morning). 5.
According to the pahar system of time, most Sikhs typically interpret this time to start at around 3:00 a.m. [2] Guru Nanak in the Japji Sahib (4th Pauri) says, "in amrit velā meditate on the grandeur of the one true Name". [2] The importance of Amrit Vela is found throughout the Guru Granth Sahib.
As per the Sikh Code of Conduct, Sikhs are only required to recite Japji Sahib, Jaap Sahib, & the Ten Sawayyas in the morning. [5] [6] Many Sikhs, including those who follow the lifestyle of the Damdami Taksal & AKJ, believe that Chaupai Sahib & Anand Sahib are also required in the morning prayers. Sometimes this is referred to as the Five Banis.
Guru Granth Sahib — the sacred text and last Guru of Sikhism Asa Di Var — 24 stanzas used as a morning prayer; Bhattan De Savaiye; Japji Sahib — the first 8 pages of the Guru Granth Sahib, consisting of hymns composed by Guru Nanak. Kirtan Sohila; Laavaan — the four hymns of the Anand Karaj (Sikh wedding ceremony)
Ardas is a formal prayer recited at the end of most Sikh rituals and at the end of morning and evening devotions. It consists of three parts: the first part invokes the ten Sikh gurus, the second part recalls trials and triumphs of the Sikh Panth, and the third part is a petition in which personal or panthic requests for intercession are often introduced. [1]