A Saga of Satguru Jagjit Singh ji

A SAGA OF SRI SATGURU JAGJIT SINGH JI 
- A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY IN ENGLISH

“A Saga of Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji”, a brief biography written in English by Dr. Sharada Jayagovind is a soul-nourishing insight into the life of His Holiness Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh ji. The author has made a wholehearted attempt to consolidate the sequence of events and occurrences from Sri Satguru ji’s life in a coherent manner, which shall be a spiritual awakening experience for all readers. The honest chronicle, depicting all aspects of Sri Satguru ji’s personality, gives this book its enduring force.

Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh ji was an ocean of love, compassion and peace. His life centered on the principles of truth, compassion, seva and devotion. Sri Satguru ji's life and journey is one of adherence to path of righteousness despite harsh tests and obstacles and many pains of life and time. The purity and empathy in Sri Satguru ji’s intentions and actions inspires affection and devotion for him in the hearts of millions.

The writer of this book hails from South India. Mysterious are the ways of Almighty. No one would have envisaged that someone from the State of Karnataka would have the privilege to pen Sri Satguru ji’s biography.  The way in which Dr. Sharada Jayagovind got this assignment makes very interesting reading. In early 2015, Satguru Uday Singh ji took upon himself the noble task of getting a few discourses of His Holiness Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh ji translated into English so that the fragrance of the teachings of Sri Satguru ji would reach out to a bigger readership. (These have already been compiled and published under the title “Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh ji – Discourses”).

In one of the conversations with his friend Mr Prashanta Bhat, an architect based in Bangalore, Satguru Uday Singh Ji shared his quest for a good English writer who could help with the translation of discourses and write a biography of His Holiness Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji. Mr Bhat introduced him to his aunt, Dr. Sharada Jayagovind. She shared some of her literary publications including biographies. She is a pious lady with good experience of writing simple, understandable and effective English. As destiny holds, impressed by her writing skills, Satguru Uday Singh ji asked her to write the biography of His Holiness Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh ji.

Satguru Uday Singh ji communicated to the writer his wish that the biographical research methodology be original. She would have to collect facts and information about Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh ji’s life through the series of in-depth interviews and personal narratives. This would make the engagement more challenging and exciting. The writer, along with her associate, Ms. Renuka Phadnis, a seasoned journalist, made a series of visits to Sri Bhaini Sahib, Sri Jiwan Nagar, Mastan Garh and Malerkotla. During these visits, she conducted more than one hundred interviews with subas, office bearers, historians, sewaks, musicians and many others who shared the reminiscences of their beloved Sri Satguru ji.

The writer interviewed Sri Mata Chand Kaur ji in April, 2015 at Sri Bhaini Sahib. Satguru Uday Singh ji took special interest to supervise the progress of the script and was the source for considerable information. He ensured that all the necessary facilities and resources were placed at the disposal of the writer for the successful completion of this literary project. The whole extensive exercise embedded with immense efforts and hard work consumed nearly nineteen months before the book was finally sent for printing. 

The writer has meticulously divided the script of the book into eight chapters covering different phases and facets of Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh ji’s dynamic personality. The book also houses a separate chapter dedicated to loving mother, Sri Mata Chand Kaur ji, providing a revelation into her world of seva and devotion.

The following lines quoted from the biography could well stand as the book’s epigraph –

“If a doll of salt steps into the fathomless ocean to measure its depth, the grandeur, majesty and the mysteries of the ocean are beyond its grasp. It would melt and become one with the waters. Similar was my experience when I set out to write the life story of His Holiness Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh ji, the Namdhari Sikh Guru. He is as tall as the Himalayas, as pure as the holy rivers and endless as the vast skies.”

We invite everyone to join us on this spiritual journey into the life of beloved Patsha Ji - His Holiness Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh ji by reading his biography.

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