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followers, thafhe gave : th email' entirely n^l^^charadters; dndlheugbJthe 

 SiMhr retain all their YemrktionMr :Ma'na<d^ ttieiy de^m^ Gu'ruoGovind* 

 to have been equally exalted,,' bjs the immediate favof,.iand-;prate6lioif 

 of the .^divinity; aiid the-: J) aMmduP ads hah k^:G.mn'ih,:Qr MQkijQf..th.& 

 tenth. king, which was ;.W3?rtten-by GuiKufiGo^iND, is considered^in everf 

 respe^l:^ as holy as. the Adi Gmnfh of N a'n ac ^ and his immediate sue-' 

 cessors, I cannot better explain the pretensions which Guku''G6viN0 

 has made to the rank.of a prophet, than by. exhibiting his own ^cco^nt 

 of, his-missjonin 4 literal version from his Vichiira JVdtac. : .» 



' " Ihdw'ddci^^iay own history, and the' multifariouis austerities whitH' 



'." Whpre the seven, peaks, rise beautiful on the monnUm.-iHemacuMi. 

 **.. and the place t^kes the name otSapta Sringa,, greater pencmjPe^have I 

 •* performed. than was ever endured, by Pdndu RgJM,,meditdi^mg.pprhn 

 ** stantly on Mahd Cdl and Cdlica^ till diversity was changed i^to one 

 •^ form. My father aiid mother meditated, pn the divim.ty, and, performed 

 ♦' the Toga, till Gu'ru' DeVa approved of their devotions. Then the 

 «?.]sh|)Keme Issued his^&jlief';' and Iw^^ born, iA tHe €ah^ Tug , though my 

 *': inciiiliatioo wa^ n6tiy%ofti^ into the world, raymind being' fixed on the 

 »icfoDii>f:-:th8 suptfeme. vWheii'the' ^preme beikg'iria'de 'knbWn'h'is will, 

 ?* Ifwas'serit intd'tjie \^6rl<l. - The et^rtial^ b^ing th\i^ Mdrfes^^d 'this "feeble 



** — I have 'manifested thee as my, own son, and a,ppointed theer t-Q estar 

 ^'Tjllsh a perfe^'PawifVi (se^.) Go into the wbrld, establish •vii:tue'ftnd 



Irl;obi;^fit>inrno3 on<>,on 3iJd ;bl ' 



^, *^^I stand withi9jij^d;han^^/todirtg my head; at thy .word: the PMntfi 



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