Introductory - Global Sikh Studies

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In this Kali age and at all times there is great confidence in the powerful
arm of the Sword, (Ibid, V, pp. 286-7)
The divine Guru sent me for religion’s sake:
On this account I have come into the world­
Extend the faith everywhere;
Seize and destroy the evil and the sinful.
Understand this, ye holy men, in your souls.
I assumed birth for the purpose
Of spreading the faith. saving the saints,
And extirpating all tyrants.
AI! the first incarnations
Caused men to repeat their names.
They killed no one who had offended against God,
And they struck out no path of real religion. (Ibid. V, pp. 300-301)
All-death saveth all His saints;
He hath tortured and destroyed all sinners; (Ibid, V, p. 306)
I am the son of a brave man, not of a Brahman; how can I perform
austerities?
How can r turn my attention to Thee, O Lord, and forsake domestic
affairs?
Now be pleased to grant me the boon I crave with clasped hands,
That when the end of my life cometh, I may die fighting in a mighty
battle.
Blest is his life in this world who repeateth God’s name with his mouth
and meditateth war in his heart.
The body is fleeting and shall not abide for ever; man em­barking in
the ship of fame shall cross the ocean of the world
Make this body a house of resignation; light thine understanding as a
lamp;
Take the broom of divine knowledge into thy hand, and sweep away
the filth of timidity. (Ibid, V, pp. 312-3)