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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GadarJeet" data-source="post: 225650" data-attributes="member: 26556">It doesnt mean what we have been taught it means.here's the incorrect wikipedia translation by DR Brahmin Sant Singh Khalsa :/O Lord, grant me this boon that I may not hesitate from performing good actions .. I may not fear the enemy, when I go to fight and assuredly I may become victorious .. And I may give this instruction to my mind and have this tempotration that I may ever utter Thy Praises .. When the end of my life comes, then I may die fighting in the battlefield ..231..— Translated by Dr. Brahmin Sant Singh Khalsa[1](This sadly is the translation you will find everywhere)<h2>Heres the actual translation</h2>(You won't find it anywhere but here)Deh Shiva bar mohe-eh haiThis PHYSICAL BODY (Deh) is greater than any boon granted by Shiva in mythologyshubh karman the kabhu na tarooFor as long as I possess this body, I should never refrain from the righteous actsNa daroo ar siyoo jab jah laroonI have no fear when I goto battleNischai kar apni jeet korooWith confidence I attain victoryAr Sikh hao apne hi man koAnd I have taught this to my own mindEh lalch hou goon tau uchrooTo be greedy in expressing your qualities (gunn)Jab aav ki audh nidhann banayWhen this offspring of yours is no longer of valueAut he rann me tab joojh marooHe will die fighting<h2>Deh = physical body. It's not "de" to give. He's not asking for anything from akal purakh.</h2>He's THANKING akaal purakh for his DEH.The H makes that big of a difference.Sadly, people use this mistranslation to claim 10vi patshah was a worshipper of shiva when its saying the oppositeThe presence of the word "eh hai" points to the sentence being about the human body/deh.If it was simply about him asking for a "boon" per dr brahmin sant singh khalsa their would be no need for the "eh hai" at the end</blockquote>

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