Selected Editorials - The Sikh Bulletin

10. Our own National Anthem that we would like our readers to help select from the entries included
below. Readers may also make suggestions but the selections must be from Guru Granth Sahib.
Sikhs can be a nation within the reconstituted Indian Federation. Decimation of the Congress party is the
most welcome sign to stear India towards a Federal system. In the absence of a national party, regional
parties should be more inclined towards a move to give greater power to the states. Recent events in and
around Ayodhya and Gujrat should be an eye opener for the minorities and Dalits. All should get together
to creat a joint front.
We invite readers to help select one of the following Shabads as our National Anthem:
eyku ipqw eyks ky hm bwirk qU myrw gur hweI ](611-19, soriT, mÚ 5)
suix mIqw jIau hmwrw bil bil jwsI hir drsnu dyhu idKweI
suix mIqw DUrI kau bil jweI ]
iehu mnu qyrw BweI ] rhwau ]
pwv mlovw mil mil Dovw iehu mnu qY kU dysw ]
suix mIqw hau qyrI srxweI AwieAw pRB imlau dyhu aupdysw
mwnu n kIjY srix prIjY krY su Blw mnweIAY ]
suix mIqw jIau ipMfu sBu qnu ArpIjY ieau drsnu hir jIau pweIAY
BieE AnugRhu pRswid sMqn kY hir nwmw hY mITw ]
jn nwnk kau guir ikrpw DwrI sBu Akul inrMjnu fITw
2.
qUM myrw ipqw qUMhY myrw mwqw ] (103-12, mwJ, mÚ 5)
qUM myrw bMDpu qUM myrw BRwqw ]
qUM myrw rwKw sBnI QweI qw Bau kyhw kwVw jIau ]1]
qumrI ik®pw qy quDu pCwxw ]
qUM myrI Et qUMhY myrw mwxw ]
quJ ibnu dUjw Avru n koeI sBu qyrw Kylu AKwVw jIau ]2]
jIA jMq siB quDu aupwey ]
ijqu ijqu Bwxw iqqu iqqu lwey ]
sB ikCu kIqw qyrw hovY nwhI ikCu AswVw jIau ]3]
nwmu iDAwie mhw suKu pwieAw ]
hir gux gwie myrw mnu sIqlwieAw ]
guir pUrY vjI vwDweI nwnk ijqw ibKwVw jIau
3.
jau qau pRym Kylx kw cwau ]
isru Dir qlI glI myrI Awau ]
iequ mwrig pYru DrIjY ]
isru dIjY kwix n kIjY ]20]
nwil ikrwVw dosqI kUVY kUVI pwie ]
mrxu n jwpY mUilAw AwvY ikqY Qwie ]21]
igAwn hIxM AigAwn pUjw ]
AMD vrqwvw Bwau dUjw ]22]
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