Self-Surrender     

Thus said Banda:
Humbly I embrace thy exalted mission.
Before I begin, may I have benediction?
Anoint me into thy pantha, I implore,
So I may be one with the Khalsa I adore.

Thus spoke Guru Gobind:
Ordained by my word are you already is spirit,
I now proclaim it for others to hear it.
I give you five symbols to wear as a sign:
As you live and die you are the best of mine.
I give you the nectar of immortality,
So you expand to universality.
Now and forever you are a Singh!
Now to humanity the dharma bring!
No longer will Bairagi Madho Das endure:
Arise to your men, Banda Singh Bahadur!
All my sons to the holy dharma I did give.
O best of my sons-fight as such while you live,
And die in the same bliss-filled worthiest way,
So you may enjoy the same rapture as they.
And now my own arrows to you I bequeath:
Use them with skill before this plane you leave.

Thus said Banda:
Thou art my real father, whose lineage and name
From now to eternity I do proclaim.
I am thy lion and thy loyal son.
Thou and I are now eternally one.
By the holy nectar I slipped from thy hands,
In me divine consciousness ever expands.

Thus spoke Guru Gobind:
Blessed are you, my holy son!
You are my qualified and chosen one.
Now we must act, for time is so short.
To my eager army you must now report.
In spirit be you all ever glorious!
In battle be you always victorious!
And may you e’er dwell within pure, divine rapture.
For dharma the hearts of the people now capture.
Lead them to live by their guru tradition,
Bringing the essence of love to fruition.
The true Sikh’s a selfless and faithful server
Who repeats God’s Name with one-pointed fervor.
Sikhs chant the hymns with perfect devotion
And uphold the dharma with purest emotion.
True Sikhs all live by the Sri Adi Grantha
And always remember the one sacred mantra:
“Aum is the form and one Holy Name true
Of the awesome, amazing, and supreme Guru.”
They repeat these words in their hearts to imbue:
“Ek omkar satanam sri wahe guru!”