Question

Who was Prithi Chand (Prithia) and why did he conspire against Guru Arjan Devji?

Answer 1

Instructions: The answer to this question can be broken into 3 main parts:

1. Introducing Prithi Chand.
2. State the reason for his enmity towards Sri Guru Arjan Dev ji.
3. State Prithi Chand’s action.

Solution:

• Prithi Chand was the eldest brother of Sri Guru Arjan Dev ji.
• He considered himself the true successor of Guru Ram Das ji, but he was denied due to his cunning, greedy, and selfish nature.
• Instead, Guru Ramdas ji selected Prithi’s younger brother Guru Arjan Dev ji as his successor.
• As a result of failing to attain the Guruship, he turned into an enemy and started to plot against Guru Arjan Dev ji to gain the Guruship.
• He also started taking out money from Masand and preached his own Gurbani.
• Prithi made various attempts to kill Guru Arjan Dev ji but failed and later on resorted to conspiring against him with the assistance of the Mughals.