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Bedi is a well known Khatri clan in India. Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, was born into this clan. His son, Sri Chand was the founder of the Udasi order, which is the oldest of the existing Sikh sect.
ancestors of Guru Nanak Dev came to be called as Bedi (Vedi), because they had studied the Vedas, the ancient Hindu texts, according to the Bichitra Natak, the autobiography of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.
The text below is taken from the Dasam Granth (Bichitra Natak section),
BHUJANG PRAYAAT STANZA
The descendants of Lava have all been victorious and the (descendants of Kusha) were all defeated.
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Bedi is a well known Khatri clan in India. Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, was born into this clan. His son, Sri Chand was the founder of the Udasi order, which is the oldest of the existing Sikh sect.
Etymology
The ancestors of Guru Nanak Dev came to be called as Bedi (Vedi), because they had studied the Vedas, the ancient Hindu texts, according to the Bichitra Natak, the autobiography of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.
The text below is taken from the Dasam Granth (Bichitra Natak section),
BHUJANG PRAYAAT STANZA
The descendants of Lava have all been victorious and the (descendants of Kusha) were all defeated. The descendants of Kusha who remained alive, saved themselves by feeing away.
They went to Kashi and real all the four Vedas. They lived there for many years.52.
Those who studied the Vedas, called Vedis (Bedis), they absorbed themselves in good acts of righteousness.
The Sodhi king of Madra Desha (Punjab) sent letters to them, entreating them to forget the past enmities.1.
The messengers sent by the king came to Kashi and gave the message to all the Bedis.
All the reciters of the Vedas came to Madra Desha and made obeisance to the king.2.
The king caused them to recite the Vedas in the traditional manner and all the brethren (both Sodhis and Pelis) sat tohether.
Saam-Veda, Yajur-Veda and Rig-Ved were recited, the essence of the sayings was imbibed (by the king and his clan).3.
The sin-remover Atharva-Veda was recited.
The king was highly pleased and the bequeathed his kingdom to Bedis.4.
He himself adopted the sin-destroyer Vanaprastha Ashrama.
He put on the garb of a sage (rishi) and gave his kingdom to the reciter (Amrit Rai)5.
The people tried to the king to do so, but, he had abandoned all sorrows.
And leaving his wealth and property, absorbed himself in divine love.6.
Having been bestowed the kingdom, the Bedis were very much pleased. With happy heart, he predicted this boon:
When in the Iron Age, I shall be called Nanak, you will attain the Supreme State and be worshipped by the world."7.
The descendants of Lava, after handing over the kingdom, went to the forest, and the Bedis (descendants of Kusha) began to rule.
They enjoyed all comforts of the earth in various ways.8.
O Sdhi king! You have listened to the recitation of three Vedas, and while listening to the fourth, you gave away your kingdom.
When I shall have taken three births, you will be made the Guru in he fourth birth."9.
That (Sodhi) king left for the forest, and this (Bedi) king absorbed himself in royal pleasures.
To what extent, I should narrate the story? It is feared that this book will become voluminous.10.
There arose again quarrels and enmities, there was none to defuse the situation.
In due course of time it actually happened that the Bedi caln lost its kingdom.1.
The Vaishyas acted like Shudras and Kshatriyas like Vaishyas.
The Vaishyas acted like Kshatriyas and Shudras like Brahmins.2.
Only twenty villages were left with the Bedis, where they became agriculturists.
A long time passed like this till the birth of Nanak.3.
Nanak Rai took birth in the Bedi clan.
He brought comfort to all his disciples and helped them at all times.4.
Guru Nanak spread Dharma in the Iron Age and put the seekers on the path.
Those who followed the path propagated by him, were never harmed by the vices.5.
All those who came within his fold, they were absolved of all their sins and troubles,
Their sorrows, their wants were vanished and even their transmigration came to and end.6.
Nanak transformed himself to Angad and spread Dharma in the world
History
Guru Nanak Dev was married to Mata Sulakhni. His marriage to her took place in the town of Batala. The marriage party had come from the town of Sultanpur Lodhi. He had two sons from this marriage; Sri Chand and Lakhmi Chand. Sri Chand founded a renunciate/ascetic sect known today as Udasis when Nanak did not choose him as his successor. The younger son grew up to become immersed in worldly life.
Srichand renounced the world and founded a sect of ascetics called Udasis. The Udasis grew long beards and long hair. The application of razor to any part of the body was strictly prohibited. Lakshmichand became a man of the world. He married and had two sons.
The ‘Bedis’ within Sikh historical accounts represent the descendants of Akali Guru Nanak’s second son, Baba Lakhmi Chand Maharaj. Sikh tradition holds that the second son of Akali Guru Nanak was very fond of hunting. Baba Lakhmi Chand then went and hunted down the dangerous animals hidden within the jungle. However, Lakhmi Chand inadvertently ended up killing some animal young. Baba Siri Chand Maharaj, being the elder son of the Guru, reprimanded Baba Lakhmi Chand for this act and stated that one day he would have to answer for their deaths in the eternal court. The angry Baba Lakhmi Chand came home to his wife, Mata Dhanvanti and baby son, Baba Dharm Chand. Then, mounting a horse he rode out to his holy brother with his family. He told his brother that he was now going to ‘Sach Khand’ (the eternal abode of truth), to give account of his killing of innocent animal young. According to Sikh Udasi/Bedi legend, Baba Lakhmi Chand’s horse flew into the skies with him and his family. Being a celibate himself, Baba Siri Chand watched his brother rise into the skies and realized that there would be no one left to continue the Guru’s lineage once his brother and his family had left this world. He then miraculously extended his left arm high into the skies, and plucked his baby nephew from the arms of Mata Dhanvanti. This child’s name was Baba Dharm Chand, and according the legend, Baba Siri Chand suckled his nephew on milk from his big toe. Baba Dharm Chand eventually married the daughter of Diwan Utam Chand and Bibi Lajwanti. This union blessed by Baba Sri Chand Maharaj, was celebrated in tremendous fashion and many prominent Sikhs of the time attended this joyous occasion. In time, Baba Dharm Chand’s wife gave birth to Baba Manak Chand and Baba Mehr Chand. It is from them that all the ‘Bedis’ of today are descended.
Blood Line Of Guru Nanak
Out of the Many Blood Lines
One head of the family Baba Tikka Baba Harbhajan Singh Bedi is based in Chandigarh, India. Tikka Baba Harbhajan Singh Bedi is the 16th Descendent in the bloodline starting from Guru Nanak Dev Ji with two sons Tikka Surjinder Singh Bedi and Kunwar Arvinder Singh Bedi. Arvinder Singh Bedi is blessed with two sons Tikka Nain Noor Singh Bedi and Kunwar Gagandeep Singh Bedi making the 18th current bloodline starting from Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
1.Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sam 1526-1596)
2.Baba lakhmi das ji and Baba Sri. chand ji (never married)
3.Baba Dhram Chand JI
4.Baba Mehar Chand JI
5.Baba Roop Chand JI
6.Baba Karam chand JI
7.Baba Maha Singh JI
8.Baba Lakhpat JI
9.Baba Raghpat JI
10.Baba Gandaa Singh JI
11.Baba Mool Singh JI
12.Baba Kartar Singh JI
13.Baba Pratp Singh ji
14.Baba Vikrama Singh JI
15. Baba Narinder Singh JI
16.Tikka Baba Harbhajan Singh JI
17. Tikka Baba Surjinder Singh JI and Kuwar Baba Arvinder Singh JI
18. Tikka Nainnoor Singh JI and Kuwar Gagandeep Singh JI
Eminent personalities
1. Baba Shib Dayal Bedi 1874-1941, Builder of the ITC Saharanpur, and builder of the railway line between Lahore and Delhi including the Jamuna Bridge. Baba Shiba Dayal Bedi also was the Municipal Commissioner of Saharanpur during the 1930s. Many Gurudwaras were built by Baba Shib Dayal Bedi.
One of His Grandsons Baba Dr. Dina Nath Bedi (1938-1998), was a computer pioneer and developed much in the way of speech and multimedia technology. He was director of the computer science department of CUNY from 1975-1984. In this time he trained blind programmers and this was an incredible task during this time. He was written about and authored a book on this subject. He also was appointed by Indira Gandhi to science and adviory commission of India along with M.N. Dastoor. Amougst his greatest contribution to science are his works which helped India become a centre for producing programmers. His son Baba Vickram A. Bedi (1974-) developed the world's first pentium based laptop in 1994. And he the President of Datalink Computer Products, Inc. and Property group.
External links
- Guru Gobind Gingh, Vichitra Natak, Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, Amritsar.
- Max Arthur MacAuliff, The Sikh Religion, Vol 1, (The Life of Guru Nanak), Oxford University Press, 1909.
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- The Tribune, July 28 2001.
- Principality of Bedi’s of Una
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