Raaj karae-gaa Khalsa
[SIZE=-1]Survival of the Sikhs[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]“Raaj Karae gaa Khalsa,” that is fine, the Khalsa will rule! But who is this Khalsa? Is this the Lord himself, or His pure-beings, or those having direct link with the Guru, or all the Sikhs under the synonym of Khalsa?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Agiaa Bhaee Akaal kee. The stanza "Raaj karae gaa Khalsa aakee rahae na koae" was added later to the poem of Giani Gian Singh given in his book Panth Parkash (Bhasha Vibhag, Chandigarh, 1987, Page 353). This is a style of poem called Dohra, and the congregation often sings it together at the end of an Ardas - invocation. Describing the scene when Guru Gobind Singh enshrined Guru Granth Sahib (the Sikh Holy Book) as the Word-Guru of the Sikhs, the Giani wrote - [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]Survival of the Sikhs[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]“Raaj Karae gaa Khalsa,” that is fine, the Khalsa will rule! But who is this Khalsa? Is this the Lord himself, or His pure-beings, or those having direct link with the Guru, or all the Sikhs under the synonym of Khalsa?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Agiaa Bhaee Akaal kee. The stanza "Raaj karae gaa Khalsa aakee rahae na koae" was added later to the poem of Giani Gian Singh given in his book Panth Parkash (Bhasha Vibhag, Chandigarh, 1987, Page 353). This is a style of poem called Dohra, and the congregation often sings it together at the end of an Ardas - invocation. Describing the scene when Guru Gobind Singh enshrined Guru Granth Sahib (the Sikh Holy Book) as the Word-Guru of the Sikhs, the Giani wrote - [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]AwgXw BeI Akwl kI qbY clwXo pMQ [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]sB isKn ko hukm hY gurU mwnXo gRMQ [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]gurU gRMQ jI mwnXo pRgt gurW kI dyh [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]jo pRB ko imlbo chY Koij Sbd my lyh [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Awzw Be Akwl kI qbY clwXo pMQ [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]sB isK~n ko hukm hY guu{ mwnXo gRMQ [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]guu{ gRMQ jI mwnXo pRgt gurW kI dyh [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]jo pRB ko imlbo chY Koij Sbd my lyh [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Aagea bha-ee Akaal kee t.abaae chalayo Panth[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Sabh Sikhan ko hukam haae Guroo manyo Granth[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Guroo grant.h jee manyo pargat Guran' kee d.aeh[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Jo prabh ko milbo chahaae khoj shabad. mae Laeh[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The Lord ordained and I established the Panth.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]And my edict is, the Guru is Granth.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Have faith in it, this is my physical form,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]And if you want to meet God, find Him in its Hymns.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1](Giani Gian Singh)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]sB isKn ko hukm hY gurU mwnXo gRMQ [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]gurU gRMQ jI mwnXo pRgt gurW kI dyh [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]jo pRB ko imlbo chY Koij Sbd my lyh [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Awzw Be Akwl kI qbY clwXo pMQ [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]sB isK~n ko hukm hY guu{ mwnXo gRMQ [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]guu{ gRMQ jI mwnXo pRgt gurW kI dyh [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]jo pRB ko imlbo chY Koij Sbd my lyh [[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Aagea bha-ee Akaal kee t.abaae chalayo Panth[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Sabh Sikhan ko hukam haae Guroo manyo Granth[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Guroo grant.h jee manyo pargat Guran' kee d.aeh[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Jo prabh ko milbo chahaae khoj shabad. mae Laeh[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The Lord ordained and I established the Panth.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]And my edict is, the Guru is Granth.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Have faith in it, this is my physical form,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]And if you want to meet God, find Him in its Hymns.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1](Giani Gian Singh)[/SIZE]
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