Srī Chandī Dī Vār commentary by Bhāī Kāhan Singh Nābhā.

The text known as 'Chand D Vr' is the third composition written by Sr Guru Gobind Singh J on the battles of Chand within the Sr Dasam Granth. The first is 'Chand Charittar', the second is 'Chand Charittar Ukat Bils' and this text being the third. This scripture out of the three is summarised by Sr Gur Gobind Singh J and is written in the form of a ballad.

In this small book, you will find both the Punjabi commentary and the English translation of the commentary by Bh Khan Singh Nabh. Bh Khan Singh Nbh is an interesting individual within Sikh history who lived between 1861 to 1938. created numerous works such as the Sr Mahn Kosh, Sri Gurmat Mrtand, Sr Gurmat Parbhakar, Sr Gurmat Sudhakar and many others. He played an active role in the Singh Sabh movement with publications such as 'Hum Hind Nahn' (We are not Hinds) to show the Sikh saith as its separate entity. There are also many others such as Sr Mn Sant Gin Mohan Singh Bhindrwle that say Bh Kahan Singh Nbh as being pivotal in orchestrating issues within the faith. Sant Gin Mohan Singh J stated a lot of the Sr Dasam Granth debates originated from Bh Khan Singh Nbh as well as the origin of the Nmdhr story in relation to Bb Ajpl Singh. However, this publication is a commentary of Chand D Vr as stated above and is a very interesting commentary. It is due to the extensive footnotes provided by Bh Khan Singh which explain the origins of some of the terms being used by Sr Gur Gobind Singh J. You realise there are terms within the text from Sanskrit, Arbic, Frs, Dingol, etc. Within other commentaries you do not find such information elaborated upon. I have attempted to keep some of the original footnotes and translate them however, not all of them have been retained.

Also, within this publication there are extensive endnotes on the different individuals mentioned within the commentary. These endnotes have been copied from a 19th century publication on the deities and glossary of their lives. I personally found this interesting to read and wanted to provide the reader the same information so they do not need to search for other resources.