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2 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS,
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5 Govind Singh. Having, taken the pahoolcl.ee, he
6 exclaimed:—
7 “ Khalsa Gooroo se aur Gooroo Khalsa se hue.
8 Ya ek doosra ka tobeedar hue.’ *
9 After this, the ten disciples of Govind adminis- singjk
10 tered the pahopldee to the whole crowd ; which was
11 thus, in one day, converted into Singhs or Sikhs.
12 It has been surmised that Govind Singh, while a
13 youth with his father at Patna, where lie had gone
14 from Delhi, had become acquainted with the reli¬
15 gious tenets of the Hindoos, and that his sending
16 for the Brahmin to Benares, was with the view of
17 making a more powerful impression on his followers.
18 But not only was Govind Singh well versed in the
19 religion of the Hindoos, but likewise in that of
20 Mahommed. He had studied attentively the writ- Govind Singh
21 tugs regarding both religions; and he knew well the mndoo^mt"*
22 difficulties he had to contend with in obtaining pro- lUeretur"*"
23 selytes from either. Nothing short of destroying
24 the authority of the Brahmins and the system of
25 caste, could enable him to make permanent con¬
26 verts from the Hindoos ; and though Nanuk had
27 not interfered with the religious or social institu¬
28 tions of the Hindoo or Moslem, recommending the
29 pure worship of the Deity to both, Govind Singh
30 determined to abide no longer by the peaceful doc¬
31 trines of his great predecessor, but to use arms for
32 purposes of conversion. Yet with great tact he
33 appeals to his followers for their aid in avenging
34 ' a Tile Khalsa arose from the Gooroo, and Gooroo from the Khalsa ; they
35 are the mutual protectors of each other.’*