Guru Gobind Singh > Quotes

“He alone is a man who keeps his word:
Not that he has one thing in the heart, and another on the tongue.”
― Guru Gobind Singh, Zafarnama

“If you are strong, torture not the weak,
And thus lay not the axe to thy empire.”
― Guru Gobind Singh, Zafarnama

“Shed not recklessly the blood of another with thy sword,
Lest the Sword on High falls upon thy neck.”
― Guru Gobind Singh, Zafarnama

“He who trusts, however, in an oath on God,
His Protection also in He; in need, He shows the Path.”
― Guru Gobind Singh, Zafarnama

“When there is incest, adultery, atheism, hatred of religion, no more dharma, and sin everywhere, the impossible Iron Age has come; in what way the world will be saved? For the helpless, the Lord Himself will manifest as the Supreme Purusha. He will be called the Kalki incarnation and will be glorious like a lion coming down from heaven.”
― Guru Gobind Singh

“Har aan kas ki o rastbaazi kunad Rahim-e bar o rehmsaazi kunad Those who follow the path of truth In their thought and action, He showers mercies upon them, They are granted His compassion.”
― Guru Gobind Singh, Zafarnama

“Chattri ko poot ho, Baman ko naheen kayee tap aavat ha jo karon; Ar aur janjaar jito greh ko tohe tyaag, kahan chit taan mai dharon, Ab reejh ke deh vahey humko jo-oo, hau binti kar jor karoon ; Jab aao ki audh nidaan bane, att hi ran main tab jujh maroon.
(I am the son of a Chhatri (Khatri), not of a Brahmin and I will live according to my Dharma. All other complications of life are meaningless for me, and I set my heart on the path of righteousness. I humbly beseech thee God Almighty that when the time comes for me to fulfill my Dharma, may I die with honour in the field of battle)”
― Guru Gobind Singh