Question

Who among the following saints wrote “Bijak” ?
A : Ramdas
B :Tulsidas
C : Guru Arjun
D : Kabir

Answer 1

Hint: Bijak is a holy scripture for followers of kabir panthis The Bijak is one of the earliest of the major texts in modern Bagheli. It is one of the most important texts composed by ancient Indian saints.

Complete answer: Bijak is the best known of the compilations of the Kabir,who was the most popular saint of North India. It is also known as the holy scripture for followers of the Kabirpanthi religion.It also includes a number of folk songs which were composed by Kabir mainly included his thoughts and ideas which he used to propagate during his life. The Bijak is one of the earliest of the major texts in modern Bagheli.
Let’s examine the options one by one :
A : Ramdas was also known as Samrath Ramdas, he was a Hindu saint and writer of ancient India. Ramdas was an exponent of Bhakti Yoga. He talked about the total devotion to Rama that brings about spiritual evolution. He emphasized upon the importance of physical strength. But he didn’t compose Bijak so this option is wrong.
B : Tulsidas was also known as Goswami Tulsidas, he was a Vaishnava saint and poet, known for his devotion to the deity Rama. His some of the most important works are Ramcharitmanas, Vinaya Patrika, Geetawali, Dohavali, Sahitya Ratna, Hanuman Chalisa, Vairagya Sandipani, Janaki Mangal, Parvati Mangal. This option is wrong because Bijak was not composed by Tulsidas.
C : Guru Arjan was the fifth of the Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib. But this option is also wrong because he was not the composer of Bijak.
D : Kabir Das composed Bijak which is considered as a holy scripture for the Kabir Panthis. Bijak mainly contained dohas and poems of Kabir. It mainly included secular ideas because he criticized practices of both Hindus and Muslims. So this option is correct.

So the option D is correct which argues that Bijak is composed by Kabir Das.

Note: The saints of North India and also of Maharashtra were large in number and their works also are great in number, so u might tend to confuse the work of Kabir with any other saints.