Ode to the Deity* by the Tenth King
HAVING first remembered God the Almighty, think of Guru Nanak; Then of Angad Guru, Amar Das, and Ram Das; may they help us ! Remember Arjun, Hargobind and the holy Har
Rai. Let us think of the holy Harikrishan, whose sight dispels all sorrow.
Let us remember Tegh Bahadur, and the nine treasurest shall come hastening to our homes.
May they all assist us everywhere
May the Tenth King, the holy Guru Gobind
Singh, the lord of hosts and protector of the faith,
assist us everywhere !
Turn your thoughts, 0 Khalsa, to the teachings
of Guru Granth Sahib, and call on God !
(Wonderful Lord!)*
The five Beloved Ones, j` the Master’s four sons,:
the forty Saved Ones,** and other righteous, stead-
fast* and long-sufferingt souls : think of their deeds
and call on God !— (Wonderful Lord!)
Those men and women+ who, keeping the Name
in their hearts, shared their earnings** with others;
who plied the sword and practised charity; who saw
others’ faults, but overlooked them : think of their
deeds and call on God ! (Wonderful Lord !)
Those who for their religion allowed themselves
to be cut up limb by limb, had their scalps scraped
off, were broken on the wheel,* were sawn or flayed
alive : think of their sweet resignation and call on
God ! (Wonderful Lord !)
These who, to purge the temples of long-standing
evils, suffered themselves to be ruthlessly beaten} or
imprisoned, to be shot, cut up, or burnt alive with
kerosene oil, but did not make any resistance or utter
even a sigh of complaint : think of their patient faith
and call on God (Wonderful Lord!)
Think of all the different temples, thrones* of religious authority, and other places hallowed by the
touch of the Guru’s feet, and call on God !
(Wonderful Lord !)
Now the whole Khalsat offers its prayer.
Let the whole Khalsa bring to its mind the Namet.
of the Wonderful Lord
And as he thinks of Him, may he feel completely
blessed.
May God’s protection and grace extend to all the
bodies of the Khalsa wherever** they are.
May the Lord’s, glory be fulfilled, and His dispensation prevail.
May victory attend our Charity and our Arrns.tt
May God’s sword help us.
May the Khalsa always triumph.
May the Sikh choirs*, banners, mansions abide
for ever and ever.
The kingdom of justice come
May the Sikhs be united in love.
May the hearts of the Sikhs be humble, but their
wisdom exalted—their wisdom in the keeping of the
Lord. 0 Khalsa, say the Lord is wonderful.
(Wonderful Lord !)
0 true King I 0 loved Father in these ambrosial
hours of the morn we have sung Thy sweet hymns,
heard Thy life-giving Word, and have discoursed on
Thy_ manifold blessings. May these things find a
loving place in our hearts and serve to draw our souls
towards Thee.
Save us, 0 Father, from lust, wrath, greed, worldly
attachment and pride; and keep us always attached to
Thy feet.
Grant to Thy Sikhs the gift of Sikhism, the gift
of The Name, the gift of faith, the gift of confidence
in Thee, and the gift of reading and understanding
Thy holy Word.
0 kind Father, loving Father, through Thy mercy
we have spent the night in peace and happiness;
may Thy grace extend to our labours of the day too,
so that we may, according to Thy will, do what is
Give us light, give us understanding, so that we
may know what please Thee.
We offer this prayer in Thy presence, O wonderful Lord:
Forgive us our sins. Help us to keep ourselves
pure.
Bring us into the fellowship of only those men of
love, in whose company we may remember Thy
Name.
Through Nanak may Thy Name for ever be on
the increase;
And may all men prosper by Thy grace.
Hail Khalsa of the wonderful Lord, who is always
victorious !
