T. V. Kapali Sastry provides an overview of Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Guru Nanak and Guru Govind Singh
At Nander, the Guru was one day stabbed by an Afghan whom, immediately after receiving the stab, he killed with sword, but he himself succumbed after a few days. Previous to his coming to Nander, he had dictated and Bhai Mani Singh had taken down the Guru Granth Sahib embodying the light of the teaching of the ten Gurus. He had already appointed his successor, the Khalsa, which was to take the leadership of the community. Before his final departure, he came to the Durbar and counselled calm and quiet devotion to his Sikhs. “Grieve not over my departure. I shall ever be in the midst of my Khalsa. Whenever you need guidance, gather in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib, discuss and decide matters in the light of the Granth Sahib. I return to the city where there is no sorrow.... Let none weep after me or build any shrine in my honour.” The Guru then performed a formal ceremony and placed five pice before the sacred book and said: The Panth, the Khalsa, I formed and helped it grow. For the Eternal Father had ordained it so. Hear yea all my Sikhs the Father’s behests for the future! From to-day, the Granth, the Divine word is the Master! The Guru Granth is the embodiment in visible form of all the Gurus, With a heart, pure and clean, with a faith, unbounded and serene, Let the Khalsa seek the Master in his word; For the word, the Granth, is the Guru, the Master from to-day.
At Nander, the Guru was one day stabbed by an Afghan whom, immediately after receiving the stab, he killed with sword, but he himself succumbed after a few days.
Previous to his coming to Nander, he had dictated and Bhai Mani Singh had taken down the Guru Granth Sahib embodying the light of the teaching of the ten Gurus. He had already appointed his successor, the Khalsa, which was to take the leadership of the community. Before his final departure, he came to the Durbar and counselled calm and quiet devotion to his Sikhs. “Grieve not over my departure. I shall ever be in the midst of my Khalsa. Whenever you need guidance, gather in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib, discuss and decide matters in the light of the Granth Sahib. I return to the city where there is no sorrow.... Let none weep after me or build any shrine in my honour.”
The Guru then performed a formal ceremony and placed five pice before the sacred book and said:
The Panth, the Khalsa, I formed and helped it grow.
For the Eternal Father had ordained it so.
Hear yea all my Sikhs the Father’s behests for the future!
From to-day, the Granth, the Divine word is the Master!
The Guru Granth is the embodiment in visible form of all the Gurus,
With a heart, pure and clean, with a faith, unbounded and serene,
Let the Khalsa seek the Master in his word;
For the word, the Granth, is the Guru, the Master from to-day.
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