Ans. There are, in all, fourteen poetical compositions in the ‘Dasam Granth’.
There names and the count of the stanzas (chhants) in each one of them is as follows:
1. Jaap Sahib199 stanzas2. Akaal Ustat171½ stanzas3. Bachittar Naatak471 stanzas4. Chandi Charittar I233 stanzas5. Chandi Charittar II212 stanzas6. Vaar Bhagauti Ji ki55 stanzas7. Giaan Prabodh336 stanzas8. Chaubees Avtaar:a) The first twenty four incarnations of Vishnu are described:i) Machh (fish)54 stanzasii) Kachh (turtle)5 stanzasiii) Chauda Ratan (fourteen pearls)14 stanzasiv) Nar Naraain6 stanzasv) Maha Mohini8 stanzasvi) Bairaah14 stanzasvii) Narsingh42 stanzasviii) Baavan27 stanzasix) Paras Raam35 stanzasx)Brahm7 stanzasxi) Rudra I39 stanzasxii) Rudra II50 stanzasxiii) Rudra III28 stanzasxiv) Bishan7 stanzasxv) Ashant Dev20 stanzasxvi) Maan Raja8 stanzasxvii) Dhanantar6 stanzasxviii) Chandra15 stanzasxix) Sooraj27 stanzasxx) Raam864 stanzasxxi) Krishan2492 stanzasxxii) Nar7 stanzasxxiii) Baudh3 stanzasxiv) Nehkalank78588 stanzasThe following additional sections are also devoted to other Avtaaras.:10b) Mir Mehdi11 stanzasc) Brahmavtaar343 stanzas, devoted to 7 Avtaaras.d) Rudravtaars:498 stanzasi) Datt357 stanzasii) Paaras33 stanzas9. Sawaiyye10 shabads10. Shabad Hazaare1 shabad11. Sadd4 stanzas12. Khalsa Mehma1318 stanzas13. Shastra Naam Mala7555 stanzas¹14. Charittaro PakhiaanThe “Dasam Granth” was all composed by Guru Gobind Singh. No doubt is to be raised about it². For internal and external alertness this Granth was written while at the same time a commandment was issued that Guru Granth Sahib is the only (eternal) Guru, “this is my own play”.