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GOBINDS REPRESENTATION
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fashion. Muhadin (Muhammad) too was born, and became lord of Arabia. He established a sect, and re-
quired his followers to repeat his name.
Thus, they
who were sent to guide mankind, perversely adopted modes of their own, and misled the world.
None
taught the right way to the ignorant; wherefore thou, O Gobind hast been called, that thou mayst propagate the worship of the One True God, and guide those who have lost the road.' Hence I, Gobind, have come !
into the world, laid
and have established a sect, and have
down its customs; but whosoever regards me as
the Lord shall be dashed into the pit of hell, for I am but as other men, a beholder of the wonders of creation.
[Gobind goes on to declare that he regarded the religions of the Hindus and Muhammadans as naught; that Jogis, and the readers of Korans and Purans, were but deceivers; that no faith was to be put in the worship of images and stones. All reUgions, he says, had become corrupt; the Sannyasi and Bairagi equally showed the wrong way, and the modes of worship of
Brahmans and Kshattriyas and others were idle and vain. 'All shall pass into hell, for God is not in books and scriptures, but in humility and truthfulness.' The subsequent chapters, to the 13th inclusive, relate the wars in which Gobind was engaged with the Rajas of the hills and the imperial forces.]
Chapter
XIV
(abstract) .— O
God
!
thou
who
hast always preserved thy worshippers from evil, and hast inflicted punishment on the wicked; who hast regarded me as thy devoted slave and hast served me with thine own hand, now all that I have beheld, and all thy glories which I have witnessed, will I faithfully What I beheld in the former world, by the relate. blessing of God will I make known. In all my undertakings the goodness of the Lord hath been showered upon me. Loh (iron) has been my preserver. Tlirough the goodness of God have I been strong, and all that I have seen during the various ages will I put in a book; everything shall be fully made kncrwn.
Extract from the Twenty-four Avatars
Kalki (conclusion of).—Kalki at last became strong and proud, and the Lord was displeased, and created another Being. Mihdi Mir was created, great and powerful, who destroyed Kalki, and became mas-
APP XIX
339
fashion. Muhadin (Muhammad) too was born, and became lord of Arabia. He established a sect, and re-
quired his followers to repeat his name.
Thus, they
who were sent to guide mankind, perversely adopted modes of their own, and misled the world.
None
taught the right way to the ignorant; wherefore thou, O Gobind hast been called, that thou mayst propagate the worship of the One True God, and guide those who have lost the road.' Hence I, Gobind, have come !
into the world, laid
and have established a sect, and have
down its customs; but whosoever regards me as
the Lord shall be dashed into the pit of hell, for I am but as other men, a beholder of the wonders of creation.
[Gobind goes on to declare that he regarded the religions of the Hindus and Muhammadans as naught; that Jogis, and the readers of Korans and Purans, were but deceivers; that no faith was to be put in the worship of images and stones. All reUgions, he says, had become corrupt; the Sannyasi and Bairagi equally showed the wrong way, and the modes of worship of
Brahmans and Kshattriyas and others were idle and vain. 'All shall pass into hell, for God is not in books and scriptures, but in humility and truthfulness.' The subsequent chapters, to the 13th inclusive, relate the wars in which Gobind was engaged with the Rajas of the hills and the imperial forces.]
Chapter
XIV
(abstract) .— O
God
!
thou
who
hast always preserved thy worshippers from evil, and hast inflicted punishment on the wicked; who hast regarded me as thy devoted slave and hast served me with thine own hand, now all that I have beheld, and all thy glories which I have witnessed, will I faithfully What I beheld in the former world, by the relate. blessing of God will I make known. In all my undertakings the goodness of the Lord hath been showered upon me. Loh (iron) has been my preserver. Tlirough the goodness of God have I been strong, and all that I have seen during the various ages will I put in a book; everything shall be fully made kncrwn.
Extract from the Twenty-four Avatars
Kalki (conclusion of).—Kalki at last became strong and proud, and the Lord was displeased, and created another Being. Mihdi Mir was created, great and powerful, who destroyed Kalki, and became mas-
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