A history of the Sikhs, from the origin of the nation to the battles of the Sutlej.

APP. XX ADMONITORY LETTERS OF NANAK 371

For the pleasures of the world ensnared him.
He plundered the earth: hell-fire shall torment him.
Man should do good, so that he be not ashamed.
Repent-and oppress not,
Otherwise hell-fire shall seize thee, even in the grave.
Holy men, Prophets, Shahs, and Khans,
The mark of not one remaineth in the world;
For man is but as the passing shade of the flying bird.
Thou rejoicest in thy Forty Treasures,
See, oh people! Karun utterly confounded.
O Nanak! pray unto God, and seek God as thy refuge.
2. The Reply of Ndnak to Karun, the Lord of Medina
First, Nanak went to Mecca;
Medina he afterwards visited.
The lord of Mecca and Medina,
Karun, he made his disciple.
When Nanak was about to depart,
Karun, the fortunate, thus spoke:
Now thou art about to go,
But when wilt thou return?
Then the Gurfi thus answered:
When I put on my tenth dress
I shall be called Gobind Singh;
Then shall all Singhs wear their hair;
They shall accept the ' Pahal' of the two-edged dagger:
Then shall the sect of the Khalsa be established;
Then shall men exclaim, 'Victory, O Guri! '
The four races shall become one and the same;
The five weapons shall be worn by all.
In the Kalyug they shall array themselves in vestments of
blue;
The name of the Khalsa shall be everywhere.
In the time of Aurangzeb
The wondrous Khalsa shall arise.
Then shall battles be waged,
Endless war shall ensue,
And fighting shall follow year after year.
They shall place the name of Gobind Singh in their hearts;
Many heads shall be rendered up,
And the empire of the Khalsa shall prevail.
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