Sikhism - Culture - Gurmat Veechar

pardah system'. He advocated re marriage. Indian system had never
visualized a situation where women could be treated at par with their
men folk. Guru Amar Dass Sahib defined the ideal couple and showed
the concept ofequality between husband and wife for the first time. He
not only left the matter just by preaching but put his principles into
practice too. To quote him,
R3'rw rn () ~;:r Hfuw ffior ~II
~ R3'rw~ ft:r fua'fr Be~ II 9 II
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agam
un ft@ rn ()~ ~ fua1@- a- Fffur ~ ~ II
~~;:roo~II3tfc>~Hfu~~II~II
~ »fQ qofu~II CiT HiOl' dl F(') CiT B-fu ~ II
t1OTHfu~ igQIQIJl II~~~waTil~ II
911~II
~ fuoT () 5fu BOMJ II~ nffo" () f}ffi- ~ II
~ amo ill{ >W=t~ II tfQ~0'c!0 HQ wfcsiw"11
(~ t:J~)
Guru Ram Dass Sahib while mentioning the supremacy of the
'Hukam" the edict of The Almighty - said that those who indulge in
'karam kands', such as fasts, other rituals, cleanliness, discipline etc,
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