Bapoo Surain Singh jee

It is a humble request to Bhai Kulbir Singh, Bhai Jasjeet Singh and others to write some information on Bapoo Surain Singh jee.
I've heard of this Gursikh, he use to do lot's of Langar dee Seva and was a amazing Abhyassi. He use to have a wooden leg too..

Picture of Bhai Sahib jee. Very much looks like Bhai Jeevan Singh jee

Bhai Jasjeet Singh jee, Karo Kirpa. You have had Darshan of Bapu jee and your family too have done his Sangat. Please write something about him.

Kulbir Singh

Aeh hai !!
Waheguru ji ka khalsa Waheguru ji ki fateh!
BHAI JASJIT SINGH Jeo KIRPA KARO
please right someth'ing 'about this RANGLA SAJAN ''"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“…ਫੇਰ ਆਖਦੇ ਹੋ ਸਾਡੇ ਤੇ ਕਲਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਵਰਤਦੀ, ਤੜਕੇ ਲਾ ਲਾ ਪਿਆਜ ਤੇ ਲਸਣ ਦਾ ਅਹਾਰ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋ, ਕਲਾ ਨੇ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਠੇਕਾ ਲਿਆ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਇਹ ਕੁੱਝ ਛੱਕ ਕੇ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਤੇ ਵਰਤੇ…”

ਵਾਹ ਜੀ ਵਾਹ, ਇਹ ਲੇਖ ਪੜ੍ਹ ਕੇ ਅਨੰਦ ਆ ਗਿਆ ਭਾਈ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜਸਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀਉ


If anybody has any more pictures of Bapu Jee, please share. It's a bentee.

Vaheguru!

Many Thanks Bhai Jasjeet Singh jee for writing on Bhai Sahib jee

I had few another requests.

Bhai Jasjeet Singh jee or others can you source or upload any pictures of Bapoo jee.

It would be great if the Admin could add this into the Gurmat Literature section once more info and pictures are added.

If anyone has contact with or staying Master Niranjan Singh jee or Giani Harbhajan Singh jee (Shatrana) please ask him about Sakhi of Bapoo jee

Excellent writeup Bhai Jasjit Singh jeeo. You are fortunate for having Darshan of Bapu Surain Singh jee.

Kulbir Singh

Just to add to Bhai Jasjit Singhs write up.

Bapu Surain Singh was from village Shattrana. He was Bhai Sahib Randhir Singhs Garvaaee for a short period aswell.

Bapu Surain Singhs leg was amputated in the Japanese war. First thing everyone says about him is that his cheyraa (face) was always 'soohaa laal'. Bapu ji would get up for Amritvela at 12 - 12.30am, followed by a long daily routine of Naam Bani.

He would always carry his own Sarbloh utensils wherever he went.

These puratan Gurmukhs had a thirst for Sangat and Naam. There's a funny story about him and Shaheed Baba Avtar Singh as they were close to each other. It involves Bapu ji going to Baba Avtar Singhs pind and ordering a cow to give birth to a calf immediately so that Baba Avtar Singh can go to a smagam with him, as Baba Avtar Singh had to stay at home to look after the cow before it gave birth. M\aybe if anyone recalls that story they can write it up as I find it difficult to express the story properly as a write up.

Thanks for sharing the story jeeo.

Another story I heard concerns Degh. Bapu jee was very particular about Degh Maryada. It's said that at some local Samagam, Degh was not prepared with Maryada and Bapu jee was not pleased about it. When Ardaas was performed about Bhog to Degh, Bapu jee could not resist himself and said, "ਇਹਨੂੰ ਲੇਟੀ ਜੇਹੀ ਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਭੋਗ ਲਗਣਾ। "

At the time of his departure from this world, it's said that Bhai Sahib came to lead him. Eye witnesses, who were present at that time tell that during his last moments, he cried out, "Bhai Sahib has come, Bhai Sahib has come" and he left soon, very peacefully, while chanting Naam.

Kulbir Singh

Bhai Kulbir Singh jee

Please Ask Giani Harbhajan Singh jee Shatrana on Bapu Surain Singh jee like you did with Bhai Avtar Singh (78)
A thirst has come to learn more about this Beloved of Sree Guroo Sahib jee

Kirpa Karoh!

Waheguru JI Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I have some memories of Bhai Sahib Ji, too. The Sarabloh "karas" he wore on his hands, were very heavy ones. And those were always bright and shining. And the Sarabloh GARWAH was always with him. He was very strong built in appearance. His wrists were strong and heavy. And there was so much Chardi Kala in his conversations. Yet, he was always humble and sweet. Very much soft spoken, what I remember about him. He used to talk about Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh Ji with lot of affection and by referring as BAAPU JI, probably.

Bhai Sarain Singh Ji had his meals, cooked by Rehatwan Singhs/Singhnis only; so he often skipped it for days. Once, Bhai Mahabir Singh Ji was telling that he (Bhai Sarain singh Ji) attended the Dushera Smagam at Delhi, but had his meals only after going back to his village. And he used to have a heavy meal and forget the next for hours/days.

I think, his photographs must be there with some families.

Bhul Chuk Maaf Hove Ji.

Bhai MB Singh your post you reminded another incident of Bhai Sahib. Once there suppose to be a jatha going from Bhai Sahib's village to attend Dushahra Smagam at Delhi. Somehow confusion arose among the Singhs for timing to catch the train for Delhi. Bhai Sahib took the train by guessing that Singhs will be there and did not buy the ticket either. After a while Bhai Sahib started to search bogies for other Singhs. Since he was already out of Punjab and train was running fast to Delhi and seeing no Singhs in train Bhai Sahib started to feel he made great mistake by not communicating properly with Singhs and on top of that he do not have ticket to show off at the platform exit. This will be a big problem( usually in India a observer comes and Stand by the exit of platform to check if passenger who get off the train had ticket or not, this is the additional check to the on board TTE). As Bhai Sahib always wore Nihung Bana he was exempted from on board TTE because usually Nihung Singh do not buy tickets in Punjab (I do not about now but that was a kind of practice for long time, Guru Ki Laadiayaan Faujan were exempted not by law but by TTE's understanding). Any way coming back to situation Bhai Sahib was in deep thinking of what will happen at exit 'ਸਿੰਘ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਕੋਈ ਨਹੀਂ, ਅੱਜ ਬੁਰੇ ਫਸਾਂਗੇ'.

ਹੁਣ ਵੇਖੋ ਕੀ ਰੰਗ ਵਰਤਦੇ ਕਰਤਾਰ ਦੇ। ਦਸਦੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਸੰਗਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਉਧਰ ਖਬਰ ਪਹੁੰਚੀ ਕਿ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਤੋਂ ਅੱਜ ਜੱਥਾ ਆ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਇਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਕਈ ਸਿੰਘ ਹਾਰ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਸ਼ਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੇ ਪਹੁੰਚੇ ਹੋਏ ਸਨ। ਇਸਤਰਾਂ ਹਾਰ ਪਾ ਕੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੇ ਸਵਾਗਤ ਕਰਨਾ ਪੁਰਾਤਨੀ ਸਿੰਘਾ ਦੀ ਰਵਾਇਤ ਸੀ। ਦੂਰੋਂ ਆਈ ਸੰਗਤ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਣ ਬਖਸ਼ਣਾਂ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਟਹਿਲ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਨੀ ਪਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਸੀ। ਹੁਣ ਤਾਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਹੀ ਹੋਰ ਨੇ। ਖੈਰ ਸੰਗਤ ਉਧਰੋ ਹਾਰ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੇ ਖੜੀ ਤੇ ਭਾਈ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਵੱਲ ਤੇਜ਼ ਦੋੜ ਰਹੀ ਗੱਡੀ ਵਾਂਗ ਸੋਚਾਂ ਦੋੜਾਉਣ ਲੱਗ ਪਏ ਕਿ ਅੱਜ ਕੀ ਬਣੂੰ। ਇਕ ਸਿੱਖ ਦੀ ਬੇਇਜ਼ਤੀ ਹੋਊ ਵਗੇਰਾ ਵਗੇਰਾ। ਦਸਦੇ ਨੇ ਬਈ ਸੋਚਾਂ ਸੋਚਦੇ ਨੰ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਆ ਗਿਆ। ਗੱਡੀ ਪਹੁੰਚਣ ਦੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਸਪੀਕਰ ਤੇ ਅਨਾਂਊਸ ਹੋਣ ਤੇ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਵਾਲੇ ਸਿੰਘ ਗੱਡੀ ਵੱਲ ਨੂੰ ਦੋੜੇ। ਉਧਰੋ ਭਾਈ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਇਕੱਲੇ ਹੀ ਗੱਡੀਉ ਉਤਰੇ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਕੀ ਵੀਹਦੇਂ ਨੇ ਸਿੰਘ ਹਾਰ ਲਈ ਦੋੜੇ ਆ ਰਹੇ ਨੇ। ਕੋਲ ਆ ਕੇ ਫਤਹ ਦੀ ਸਾਂਝ ਪੈਦਿਆਂ ਹੀ ਖੰਡਾ ਮਿਲਣੀ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਵਾਲੇ ਸਿੰਘਾ ਨੇ ਪੁੱਛਿਆ ਕਿ ਬਾਕੀ ਦੇ ਸਿੰਘ ਨਹੀਂ ਉਤਰੇ ਤਾਂ ਭਾਈ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ ਕਿ ਪਤਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਕੀ ਵਿਧ ਬਣ ਗਈ ਜੋ ਸਾਰੀ ਸੂਚਨਾ ਅਗਾਹ ਪਿਛਾਹ ਹੋ ਗਈ ਕੋਈ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹੀ ਨਹੀ ਗੱਡੀ ਵਿਚ ਦਾਸ ਇੱਕਲਾ ਹੀ ਪੁੱਜਿਆ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਸੁਣ ਸਾਰੇ ਸਿੰਘਾ ਨੇ ਹਾਰ ਭਾਈ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਦੇ ਗਲ ਪਾ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਤੇ ਵੀ ਆਈ ਪੀ ਵਾਂਗ ਸ਼ਟੇਸ਼ਨੋ ਬਾਹਰ ਲੈ ਗਏ। ਭਾਈ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਇਹ ਸਭ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਗੁਰੂ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਹਿਰਦੇ 'ਚ ਲੱਖ ਲੱਖ ਸ਼ੁਕਰਾਨਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਰਿਣੀ ਮਹਿਸੂਸ ਕੀਤਾ ਕਿ ਕਿਥੇ ਤਾਂ ਗੱਡੀ ਵਿਚ ਬੈਠੇ ਬਾਹਰ ਬੇਇਜ਼ਤੀ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਸੋਚ ਰਹੇ ਸੀ ਕਿ ਕਿਥੇ ਗੁਰੂ ਕੀਆਂ ਸੰਗਤਾਂ ਹਾਰ ਪਾ ਕੇ ਲੈ ਜਾ ਰਹੀਆ ਹੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਾ! ਕੇਹੇ ਜੇਹੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਚੋਜ ਨੇ ਤੇਰੀਆਂ ਤੂੰ ਹੀ ਜਾਣੇ।

'ਅਪਨੇ ਭਗਤ ਕੀ ਗਣਤ ਨ ਗਣਈ ਰਾਖੈ ਬਾਲ ਗੁਪਾਲਾ ॥'

Bhul Chuk di Khima,

Daas

Wahegurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooooooooo!

Rangee

A Humorous & Serious short story. It shows the great Satkaar Gursikhs have for Gursikhs. They automatically out of Loving Fear & Sharda, Maan the good advice. This Loving Bhaao stays and in-stills within them for life.

After the Morning Sri Aasa Kee Vaar Keertan, Bapoo Surain Singh jee was walking back from the Gurdwara Sahib with Singhs doing GurbaNee Paath. Bapoo jee reached the area where Gursikhs had hung their Keskiaa & Kachera to dry. As he was walking past he noticed that there seem to be coloured Kachereh hung up. He then said out loud to those standing (30-40 people) there " You see all these coloured Kachereh burn them, burn them all!, Khalsa only wears white!". All that heard went quiet and Bapoo jee carried on walking reciting Naam/BaNee. The Mata jee that narrated this story to me was present when Bapoo jee said this, till this day she can never forget. The charisma and aura of Bapoo jee indeed had it's profound effect on me and all the people who heard him.

Hahaa

Bapoo jee had a great sense of humour as well a being a great Rehitvaan Abhyassi..


Running Nose

Once at a Smagam a Singh was doing seva making the atta in the Langar and his nose was running, he didn't wipe it as he had no hazooriya/cloth and it ended up going into the atta that was to be served to the sangat. After the parshadey were made & served with the same atta he realised his big mistake in allowing it to be served, so he decided to get pesh for this. Bapoo Surain Singh jee saw this Singh outside waiting to get pesh and asked him what he had done, he told all that had happened. Then Bapoo jee asked "Do you drink tea?", the Singh said "No Bapoo jee, I never touch it", and Bapoo jee replied, "No need to get pesh then, your free! Even the mucus from a non-tea drinker is better than tea!"


High & Low

At one Smagam, Bapoo jee was sitting in the langar and he saw a young Singh doing langar seva. This Singh was wearing a kacherra that most city-dweller Singhs wear ie. fairly small and short, since long ones were considered difficult to wear under pants. Bapoo jee looked at the Singh and his high kurta and mini-kacherra, which was all bunched up as well. He called out, "Singh! Come here!" When the Singh came, Bapoo jee said, "Singh! You need to pull that kacherra up or tuck it in or something, it's going to start dragging on the floor at this rate...." He then began to laugh. The Singh understood that a kacherra should be to the knees and not so high.


ਗੁਰਮੁਖਾ ਕੇ ਮੁਖ ਉਜਲੇ

Whenever Bapoo jee would sit on Tabiyaa, all that were sitting in Keertan would get mesmerized by his beautiful Naam imbued glow. His face was bright red he was definitely rang chalooliaa. Many would be lost and in Bismaad by looking at his complexion. I have heard from Gursikhs of that time that Bapoo jee had a great Amritvela from 12-6 daily. Many great Gurmukhs of that era had 10 hour Nitnem which was done Kanth. The following Gurvaak describes Bapoo jee perfectly;

ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀਆਮੁਹਸੋਹਣੇਗੁਰਕੈਹੇਤਿਪਿਆਰਿ ॥
(Beautiful are the faces of the Gurmukhs, who bear love and affection for the Sri Guru Sahib jee)


ਦ੍ਰਿੜ ਕਰ ਰਹੈ

Once at an Puratan Smagam, Bapoo jee went to the Langar area to see if Gurmat Maryada was being followed. Bapoo jee was strict on all Khalsa Rehat. He always tied a Karmkassa where ever he went, he noticed the Langar Sevadaars didn't have Karmkasse on. He then shouted " Gursikho, Maryada Dhilli Kardeh Ha, You are not wearing Karmkassa , this is Dashmesh Pitas Hukam to tie Karmkassa whilst doing Seva. Who ever wants to do Seva in Langar must tie one." Right there and then everyone tied one without hesitation. Bapoo jee started laughing and said "Chardikalaa revoh!!".

He would stress on Tyaar-Bar-Tyaar Gursikhs to partake in any Seva, especially Panj Pyareh Seva, Langar and Degh, Bapoo jee never let any Dhills in whenever he was there. He was much respected by his fellow Gursikhs and he too had great Pyaar & Nimrata with all.

Excellent Seva, Vista jee. Thanks for posting such inspiring posts about Bapu Surain Singh jee.

Kulbir Singh

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Many great Gurmukhs of that era had 10 hour Nitnem which was done Kanth

10 hours long Nitnem? Dhan Gursikh!

Vista Ji - Much thanks for sharing !! Pls upload some pictures of the glowing face.

Vaheguru jee ka Khalsa Vaheguru jee kee fateh!

Maybe Bh Jasjit Singh has some photos...?

I can't seem to find any jee.

Vaheguru Jee,

Beautiful posts, very inspiring. Thank you for sharing jee, its always nice to read about gurmukhs that we can also learn from...

If someone doesn't mind, it would be really helpful if someone could translate Jasjit Singh Jee's post in english...I'm sure that would be helpful for people like me...thank you jee

Bhai Vista Jio,

Unfortunately Daas doesn't have Bapoo Jee's physical photo to present but only in Surat.

With Regards,
Jasjit Singh