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{{Not to be confused with|Chandi Charitar II|Chandi Di Var}}<br />
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'''''Chandi Charitar Ukti Bilas''''' or '''''Chandi Charitar Ukat(i) Bilas''''' ({{langx|pa|ਚੰਡੀ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ ੳਕਤਿ ਬਿਲਾਸ|lit=enjoyment of the recitation of Chandi's deeds}}, pronunciation: {{IPA|pa|t͡ʃnɖi t͡ʃəɾɪt̪ɾə ukt̪ɪ bɪläːs|}}<ref name=":1">{{cite book |author=Robin Rinehart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qe6WnpbT2BkC&pg=PA106 |title=Debating the Dasam Granth |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-19-984247-6 |pages=27–28}}</ref>),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sri Dasam Granth - Facts and Beyond |url=https://www.deutsches-informationszentrum-sikhreligion.de/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=/images/SriDasamGranth.pdf |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=www.deutsches-informationszentrum-sikhreligion.de |publisher=Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Academy |page=12}}</ref> also called '''Chandi Charitar 1''' (ਚੰਡੀ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ (ਭਾਗ ੧)<ref name=":1" />) or '''Chandi Charitar Part One''' is a heroic poetic composition, included as the 4th chapter of [[Dasam Granth]], whose authorship is generally and traditionally attributed to [[Guru Gobind Singh]].<ref name="McLeod2005">[https://books.google.com/books?id=8-h8ptzp0lUC&q=dasam+granth Dasam Granth - An Introductory Study]</ref><ref name="SriDasamorg">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sridasam.org/dasam?Action=Page&p=175 |title=Sri Dasam.org - Website contain whole text of dasam granth |access-date=2010-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728053211/http://www.sridasam.org/dasam?Action=Page&p=175 |archive-date=2011-07-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Though it is based on [[Markandeya Purana]], the direction and narration of whole story is independent of the Markandeya Purana.<ref>Chandi Di Vaar : Jeet Singh Sital</ref><br />
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== Overview ==<br />
The text follows the [[Bachitar Natak]] and is itself followed by [[Chandi Charitar II]].<ref name="SinghFenech2014p241" /><br />
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The text states it is retelling the ''[[Markandeya Purana]]'' story, where [[Durga]] fights a shape shifting buffalo demon [[Mahishasura]] and slays the evil demon and his companions.<ref name="SinghFenech2014p241">{{cite book |author1=Pashaura Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CzYeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT242 |title=The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies |author2=Louis E. Fenech |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-19-100412-4 |pages=241–243}}</ref> The names Chandi and Chandika are also used to refer to the ''[[devi]]'' (goddess).<ref name=":1" /> It is based specifically on the ''[[Devi Mahatmya|Durga Saptasati]]'' chapter of the Markandeya Purana''.''<ref name=":1" /> Chandi Charitar II repeats the same storyline in a shorter form.<ref name="SinghFenech2014p241" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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Chandi Charitar Ukti Bilas is divided into eight cantos, and consists of 233 couplets and quatrains,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singha |first=H.S. |title=The Encyclopedia of Sikhism (over 1000 Entries) |publisher=Hemkunt Press |year=2000 |isbn=9788170103011 |pages=43}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> employing seven different poetic metres, with [[Savaiyya|Savaiya]] and [[doha (poetry)|Dohara]] predominating. The source of the story mentioned is Durga ''Saptasati'', which is a portion of the [[Markandeya Purana]], from chapters 81 to 94.<blockquote>ਇਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਮਾਰਕੰਡੇ ਪੁਰਾਨੇ ਚੰਡੀ ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ ਉਕਤਿ ਬਿਲਾਸ ਮਧਕੈਟਭ ਬਧਹਿ ਪ੍ਰਥਮ ਧਿਆਇ ॥੧॥<br />
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eit sree maaraka(n)dde puraane cha(n)ddee charitr ukat bilaas madhakaiTabh badheh pratham dhiaai ||1||<br />
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End of the First Chapter of ‘The Killing of Madhu and Kaitabh’ as described in Chandi Charitra Ukati of the Markandeya Purana.1.</blockquote>The language of the composition is [[Braj]]. Ukti Bilas was composed at [[Anandpur Sahib]], before 1698, the year when the [[Bichitra Natak]] was completed. The concluding lines from the last canto of Chandi Charitra Ukti Bilas in a [[Dasam Granth]] manuscript preserved at [[Patna]] mention 1752 Bk / AD 1695 as the year of completion.<ref name="SriDasamgranth.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.sridasamgranth.com/#/chandi-charitras/4526825498 |title=Intro Page - Sri Dasam Granth Sahib |accessdate=2011-07-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808112424/http://www.sridasamgranth.com/#/chandi-charitras/4526825498 |archivedate=2011-08-08 }}</ref><br />
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Other related compositions include [[Chandi Charitar II]], Chandi Di Vaar, and Uggardanti.<br />
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== Contents ==<br />
[[File:Chandi Charitar from an old manuscript of the Dasam Granth with Kattar outline.jpg|thumb|Chandi Charitar section from an old manuscript of the Dasam Granth. A 'kattar' (Indic push dagger) is visible due to the creative usage of ink colours by the scribe]]<br />
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One of the most popular hymns in [[Sikhism]] is taken from Chandi Charitar Ukati Bilas:<br />
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{{poem quote|<br />
{{lang|pa|ਦੇਹ ਸਿਵਾ ਬਰੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਇਹੈ ਸੁਭ ਕਰਮਨ ਤੇ ਕਬਹੂੰ ਨ ਟਰੋਂ ॥<br />
ਨ ਡਰੋਂ ਅਰਿ ਸੋ ਜਬ ਜਾਇ ਲਰੋਂ ਨਿਸਚੈ ਕਰਿ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਜੀਤ ਕਰੋਂ ॥<br />
ਅਰੁ ਸਿਖ ਹੋਂ ਆਪਨੇ ਹੀ ਮਨ ਕੌ ਇਹ ਲਾਲਚ ਹਉ ਗੁਨ ਤਉ ਉਚਰੋਂ ॥<br />
ਜਬ ਆਵ ਕੀ ਅਉਧ ਨਿਦਾਨ ਬਨੈ ਅਤਿ ਹੀ ਰਨ ਮੈ ਤਬ ਜੂਝ ਮਰੋਂ ॥੨੩੧॥}}<br />
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{{lang|pa-deva|देह शिवा बर मोहे ईहे, शुभ कर्मन ते कबहूं न टरूं ।<br />
न डरौं अरि सौं जब जाय लड़ौं निश्चय कर अपनी जीत करौं ।<br />
अरु सिख हों आपने ही मन कौ इह लालच हउ गुन तउ उचरों ।<br />
जब आव की अउध निदान बनै अति ही रन मै तब जूझ मरों ॥२३१॥}}<br />
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O Siva (epithet for [[Waheguru]]) grant me the boon, that I may never deviate from doing a good deed.<br />
That I shall not fear when I go into combat.<br />
And with determination I will be victorious.<br />
That I may teach myself this greed alone, to learn only Thy praises.<br />
And when the last days of my life come, I may die in the might of the battlefield.}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151212051909/http://archimedespress.co.uk/books Sri Dasam Granth Sahib: Questions and Answers: The book on Sri Dasam Granth Sahib]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*https://www.deutsches-informationszentrum-sikhreligion.de/SriDasamGranth_de.php<br />
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