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Translation done by: S. Pritpal Singh Bindra, Canada

The Biggest section of the so called Dasam Granth is the erotic Chrito Pakhyan, 404 Stories of the trickery of women. Below is a sample story from this section (adults only):

Chritar Three
Tale of A Girl of Kalpi Town

Dohira

The Raja then put the son in the prison. And early next morning he called him over.(1)

(Then his Minister commenced narrating thus:)

There lived a girl in a town. She had two lovers; one was thin and lean, and the other a fat one.(2)

She was very pretty and possessed the eyes like of an antelope. She had full consciousness of understanding the highs and lows of the life.( 3)

Chaupaee

She used to live in the town of Kalpi and indulged in all sorts of lovemakings.

That, with the eyes of a deer, and with her exquisiteness, she made the Moon to feel shy.(4)

Dohira

Her fat lover was old but the other, the young one, was slender. Day in and day out she kept on making love with them.(5)

A young female is captivated by a young man and the old man is enchanted by an old woman; And the whole world knows this habitude.(6)

The lady always enjoyed making love with the slender person but hesitated to go near the fat one. She always repented after making love with the old one.(7)

Once when she was passionately involved with the young man, the fat lover came back and knocked at he door of the lady.(8)

She suggested to the young lover to break the door and run as some sinner had come and would tie them both.(9)

She had made the thin friend to acquiesce to her request. And she hastily got up and stood before the old man.(10)

While getting up in haste the drops of semen fell on the floor, which were noticed by the fat-lover,
And he asked woman to disclose the mystery.(11)

She informed, ‘On the sight of your handsome face, I could not control myself. As a result of this, semen (from my body) dripped down.’(12)

That fool, with animal instinct, was over exhilarated thinking, ‘Seeing me, the lassie became so excited that her semen dripped down on the earth.’ (13)(1)

What is the purpose and need for Guru Gobind Singh Ji to devote a third of this granth to such stories. The words used in Punjabi are inappropriate and the imagery is indecent. The moral of many stories is confusing and usually derogatory towards women. I see no moral lesson Guru Ji would try to teach us and if there were a moral lesson such as avoiding deception, there would be no reason to use such vulgar words.  The above story provides indecent imagery and has no clear moral lesson.
 
There are 400 plus stories similar to the above. The portrayal of women as deceptive and uncontrollably lustful is contradictory to the Sikh fundament belief of equality. Sikhism treats women as equals in all regards to men, and gives them the respect and equality they deserve. Therefore the Dasam Granth depiction of women is unacceptable and the words used are inappropriate for a religious book and sound more like an adult novel. Stories about incest, homosexuality, adultery, and intoxication have no place inside a Gurdwara. And the vocabulary used is so vulgar that one cannot read such a text in front of his/her family.