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The Saint - Soldier (Guru Gobind Singh)

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The Epistle of Victory

The Epistle of Victory

"O God, grant me this boon;
May I never turn away from good deeds,
Nor when fighting adversary may I ever be afraid.
But with a firm resolution may I achieve victory,
Over my mind may I have complete control.
O Lord, that is what I crave in thy name.
When, finally the time comes for me to rest,
May I die in the thick of the battle."
(Guru Gobind Singh)

The people everywhere heard that the Guru had been killed at Chamkaur. The truth began to be known to them when the Guru reached Dina. The news that the Guru was safe, first reached the villages of the Malwa (area south of River Sutlej). It gradually spread to other parts of the country. This shocked and puzzled Nawab Wazir Khan, the Governor of Sirhind. The Guru stayed at Dina for a considerable time organizing the Sikhs of Malwa. He kept himself fully informed about Wazir Khan's plans.

"Na Zebad tura nam Aurangzeb
Keh Aurangzeba na Baid Fareb.

"The name Aurangzeb does not become you because it means a fair and just person."

"Chu kar az hama heelte dargujasht,
Halal ast burden ba shamsheer daste."

"When there's no other course open to man, it is only righteous to unsheathe the sword."

"Na iman prasti na auza e din,
Na sahib shinashi na Mohammad Yakin,
Na kasme Quran sad kunad akhtiar,
Muran katra nayad azo aitbar"

"You have no regard for religion nor are your actions guided by religion. Neither do you recognise God nor do you have firm faith in Mohammad. Even if you vow a hundred times on the holy Quran, I would not trust you an iota."

"Khasam dushmani gar hazarawrad,
Na yak mu-e o bazar awrad."
"Gursna che kar-e kunad chihal nar,
Je dah lake bar ayad bare be Khabar."

"The enemy may practise enmity in a thousand ways, but he will not succeed in hurting even the hair of the head of him whom God protector."
"How could forty men with hungry stomachs achieve success when thousands fell upon them unawares?"

"Chiha shud ke chun bachgan kushta char,
Keh baqi bimand ast pachida mar."
"Cheh mardi keh akhgar khamoshan kuni,
Keh atash dameran Ferozan kuni"

"What if my four sons are killed when I, the coiled snake, still survive. What bravery is it to extinguish a few sparks of life when you have set an ever raging fire ablaze."

"Ba maiden be a khud ba tegho tabar,
Makun khalaq khalaq zero zabar."
"Azan pasdran arsani karzar,
Man aim Juridah tun ba do sawar"

"Come in the battlefield yourself dressed with a sword and other arms. Why should God's creation be destroyed without reason? I will come in the battlefield alone and you may bring two of your choicest warriors."

"Hazuri na aiam na ee ra shavam,
Agar shah bakhahad na anja ravam,
Keh tashrif dar kasbai kangar kunad,
Waja pas mulakat baham shawad,
Na zara dareen rahe khatra tura ast,
Hamain kaum bairar hukame mara ast,
Agar baz gufto shunidat bamasat,
Numain tura ja deh-e-pako rast."

"I will not come to you, nor do I think of humbling myself thus. I will not go where the Emperor wants, because I do not trust him. If you care to come to the village of Kangar, we shall talk things over. There is no danger to you on the way, because it is the land of my faithful Bairar Sikhs, who are entirely under control. If I get the opportunity to talk to you, I will show you the true path."

" ... Whatever good or bad I have done, I am taking it as a burden upon my mind to the Great Unseen. How strange it is to contemplate that I came to this earth all-alone, but now I am leaving with a caravan of my misdeeds ... I am totally in the lark about the destiny that awaits me. But all I know Is that I have committed enormous sins. I cannot tell what grim punishment is in store for me ..."
(Waqa-i-Alamgir page 71 -72)