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APP.
GOBINDS LETTER OF FUfES
XX
347
Who achieves greatness,^ Who is intent upon the Lord, Who is wholly unfettered, Who mounts the war horse, Who is ever waging battle, Who is continually armed, Who slays the Turks, Who extends the faith, And who gives his head with what is upon it. The name of God shall be proclaimed; No one shall speak against Him; The rivers and the mountains shall remember Him; All who call upon Him shall be saved. Nand Lai
!
attend to what is said;
My own rule will I establish, The four races shall be one, will cause all to repeat the prayer of 'Wah Guru'. The Sikhs of Gobind shall bestride horses, and bear hawks upon their hands. The Turks who behold them shall fiy, One shall combat a multitude, 1
And the Sikh who thus perishes shall be blessed for At
ever. the doorway
of
a
Sikh
shall
wait
elephants
caparisoned,
And horsemen with spears, and there shall be music over his gateway.
When myriads of matches burn together. Then shall the Khalsa conquer East and West. The Khalsa shall rule; .none can resist The rebellious shall be destroyed, and the obedient shall have favours heaped upon them. :
APPENDIX XXI
A LIST OF SOME SIKH SECTS OR DENOMINATIONS (In which, however, some Names or Titles not properlydistinctive of an Order are also inserted)
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1st. Udasi. Founded by Sri Chand, a son of Nanak. The Udasis were rejectad by Amar Das, as not being genuine Sikhs. 2nd. Bedi. Founded by Ijakshmi Das, another son of Nanak.
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Literally,
who resides in state.