# The Sikh Religion/Volume 5

THE SIKH RELIGION
ITS GURUS, SACRED WRITINGS AND AUTHORS
BY
MAX ARTHUR MACAULIFFE
(Indic characters)
The egg of superstition hath burst; the
mind is illumined:
The Guru hath cut the fetters off the feet
and freed the captive.
Guru Arjan
IN SIX VOLUMES
VOL. V
OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1909
HENRY FROWDE, M.A. PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK TORONTO AND MELBOURNE
CONTENTS OF VOL. V
* PAGE
* Life of Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* Guru Gobind Singh against Idolatry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................67
* A Princess's Discussion with a Brahman................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................68
* Extracts from Bhai Nand Lal's Writings................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................103
* Zafarnama (the Guru's Epistle to Aurangzeb)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................201
* Interview with Banda................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................237
* Banda's Career in the Panjab and Death................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................246
* Compositions of Guru Gobind Singh................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................260
* Extracts from Aral Ustat................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................261
* Extracts from Vichitar Natak................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................286
* Introduction to the Hindu Incarnations................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................306
* Thirty-three Sawaiyas (Quatrains)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................314
* Hazare Shabd................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................324
* Chaupai................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................328
* Ardas (supplication)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................331
* Rāgs, or Musical Measures of the Gurus' Hymns................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................333
OXFORD PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS BY HORACE HART, M.A. PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY