These hymns are primarily composed in
Braj and
Punjabi languages, written in Gurmukhi, with plentiful use of
Sanskrit words, except sixth hymn, which is composed in
Punjabi with some
Persian words. whereas others were composed at
Anandpur Sahib. Shabad Hazare is a title given to collection of these Shabads, with
Hazare meaning "one thousand". Some scholar link the word "hazare" word to the Persian word "Hazra" (lit. present). Some theorize there were originally going to be one thousand hymns in the work rather than the present ten. Others, such as Dharam Pal Ashta in
The Poetry of the Dasam Granth (1959), postulate that the hazare word should be interpreted as meaning "
fountain". The composition is unique in the Dasam Granth in that it is arranged alongside
raga metres, similar to the Guru Granth Sahib. The specific raga meant to be utilized for each hymn in mentioned directly in the work. According to Rattan Singh Jaggi in
Dasam Granth Da Kartritav (1966), the composition is not present in many early manuscript copies of the Dasam Granth. "Shabad Hazare" is a term that can also refer to a specific group of seven hymns from the Guru Granth Sahib which should not be confused with this work.
Mittar pyare nu The sixth hymn is as follows: It is believed the sixth hymn was composed by the tenth Guru in the Machhiwara jungle after the deaths of all his sons. It is composed in Punjabi. == List of hymns ==