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This is the name given to the tenth Bani in the second holy scripture of the Sikhs, the Dasam Granth. The text below spans from page 1355 to page 1356 of the 1478 pages of this holy book of the Sikhs, which has been expanded from its original 1428 pages. The summary of this Bani is narrated by Gobin Sadan: "This has four verses. It delineates the glory that is associated with the Khalsa. Guru Ji explains the role of the Khalsa to the priests who had come to perform a yagna. He says that it is only through the Khalsa that all achievements have been possible for him."

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  • This is the name given to the tenth Bani in the second holy scripture of the Sikhs, the Dasam Granth. The text below spans from page 1355 to page 1356 of the 1478 pages of this holy book of the Sikhs, which has been expanded from its original 1428 pages. The summary of this Bani is narrated by Gobin Sadan: "This has four verses. It delineates the glory that is associated with the Khalsa. Guru Ji explains the role of the Khalsa to the priests who had come to perform a yagna. He says that it is only through the Khalsa that all achievements have been possible for him."
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  • This is the name given to the tenth Bani in the second holy scripture of the Sikhs, the Dasam Granth. The text below spans from page 1355 to page 1356 of the 1478 pages of this holy book of the Sikhs, which has been expanded from its original 1428 pages. The summary of this Bani is narrated by Gobin Sadan: "This has four verses. It delineates the glory that is associated with the Khalsa. Guru Ji explains the role of the Khalsa to the priests who had come to perform a yagna. He says that it is only through the Khalsa that all achievements have been possible for him." It is literally praise of the Khalsa, it is a short poem by Guru Gobind Singh inserted at the end of thc thirtythree Savaiyyc in the Dasam Granth. The language of the poem is Braj Bhasa (medieval Hindi) of the Mathura/Agra region. The poem recounts an incident which occurred during a Divali feast which Guru Gobind Singh hosted at Anandpur. On that occasion the former head of one of the discontinued Sikh manjis, the Hindu Pandit Kesho Gopal, a Brahman who had not taken Amrit, was invited to eat, only after the Khalsa had feasted. Kesho felt slighted for, as a Brahman who had held a post as the Guru's masand, he felt that he should have been served first and definitely not after the Khalsa had been feted. In response Guru Gobind Singh recited his hymn exalting the Khalsa: "I have won my battles through the favour of my Sikhs, Through their favour have I been able to dispense largess, Through their favour my troubles have receded, And through their favour my prosperity expanded. It is through their favour that I acquired knowledge. Through their favour I subdued my enemies, Through their favour am I exalted, There are, else, millions of such humble persons as me. Let my body, my mind, my head, my wealth, and all that is mine Be dedicated to their service." As in the hukanamas, we see in this poem the deep heartfelt feelings of Guru Gobind Singh for the Khalsa. One must remember that Guru Gobind Singh, himself, was a member of the Khalsa, being the sixth man to be initiated, taking Amrit from the Panj Piares.
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