ज़फ़रनामा (श्री गुरु गोबिन्द सिंह जी - विजय पत्र सटीक)

قسم مصحفے خفیہ گر این خورم نہ فوجے عزیزم را سم افگنم KASAM MUS-HAF-E KHUFI-AH GAR EEN KHORAM NA FAUJ-E AZIZ-AM RA SUM AFGANAM *KASAM-oath *MUS-HAF -the book, koran *KHUD-EH- deceit, ruse, trick *GAR-if *EEN- this *KHORAM- I eat (first person present of "khordan"-to eat ) *FAUJ- army *AZIZ-dear, darling *AZIZ-AM-my darling * RA- particle *SUM AFGANAM -a proverb meaning to become lame If I had cheated by taking oath on Koran, I would not have made my dear (Khalsa) army lame (by bringing them out of Anandpur Sahib fort and exposing them to an unequal battle). In verses from 19 to 41 below, Guruji gives an account of the Battle of Chamkaur fought on 22 December 1704 and the reasons that forced him to take to the sword ੧੯ ਗੁਰਿਸਨਹ ਚਿ ਕਾਰੇ ਕੁਨੰਦ ਚਿਹਲ ਨਰ ਕਿ ਦਹ ਲਕ ਬਰਾਯਦ ਬਰੋ ਬੇ ਖ਼ਬਰ گرسنہ چہ کارے کند چہل نر کہ دہ لک بر آید برو بے خبر GURESNEH CHI KAR-E KUNAND CHEHAL NAR KI DEH LAK BAR AAYAD BAR-O BE-KHABAR *GURESNEH- hungry *CHI-what *KAR- work *KUNAND-do (third person plural present of" kardan"-to do) *CHEHAL-forty *NAR-men *KI-when *DEH LAK- ten lac * BAR- upon *"O"-them * AAYAD- come (from" aamdan"- to come)*BE-KHABAR-with surprise, suddenly What could forty hungry persons do, when suddenly ten lac strong army came upon them? (Here ten lac has been used in a poetic sense and means "huge numbers ", as Guruji has again referred to the number of enemy forces as "beshumaar" in verse 41) ੨੦ ਕਿ ਪੈਮਾਂ ਸ਼ਿਕਨ ਬੇਦਰੰਗ ਆਮਦੰਦ ਮਿਆਂ ਤੇਗ਼ੋ ਤੀਰੋ ਤੁਫ਼ੰਗ ਆਮਦੰਦ کہ پیماں شکن بے د رنگ آمدند میاں تیغ و تیر و تفنگ آمدند KE PEIMAN SHIKAN BE-DRANG AAMDAND MI-AAN TEG-O TEER-O TUFANG AAMDAND *PEIMAN-promise SHIKAN-breakerBE-DRANG-without delay, suddenly *AAMDAND-they came (third person plural past of "aamdan"-to come)*MI-AAN-mid, centre *TEG-sword *TEER-arrows *TUFANG- gun That the promise breakers launched a surprise attack with their swords and arrows and guns.