^^ SKETCH OF THE SIKHS. 



*' tercourse, and neither eat, drink or sit in company with men of five 

 «« se6ts which I shall name. The first, the Mina D'hirmal, who, though of 

 ^^ the race of Na'nac, were tempted by avarice to give ^oiion to Arjun, 

 «cjand though they did not succeed, they ought to be expelled from 

 -i<SiPciety„ The second are the Musandid, a se^. who call them$elves 

 fd^tcrmi or priests, and endeavour to introduce heterodox -dbdlrines.* 

 ";The third, :R(im R%'?'/ the-4^seendants-6l Ri'MRAV, whose intrigues 

 u were the great: cause of the destrudion. bf, the holy rulei", Te'gh Sinh. 

 *^ The fourth are the Kudi-mdr, or destroyers-f of their own daughters. 

 f-' :F^fth^ the Bhadam, who shave the hair of their head, and beards." 

 iThe ^J^ciple, after:;:tbis warning against intercourse with sed:aries, or 

 Xja^her schismatics j Is; instru^le^ in some general precepts, the observance 

 of jwhich 2^e^,ar4 the welfare of the community into which he has enteredo 

 He is told to be gentle, and polite tp all with whom he converses, to en- 

 deavour to attain wisdom, and to emulate the persuasive eloquence of 

 Baha^ Na'nac. He is particularly enjoined, whenever he approaches any 

 .Qf-ther&^/i temples, to do it with reverence and respe6l, and to go to 

 j^niritsar to pay his devotions to the Khdlsa^ or state, the interests of 

 'which lie is diredled, on aU occasions, to consider paramount to his own. 

 He is instru6led to labor toencrease the prosperity of the town of Amrit^ 

 sar; and told, that at every place of worship which he visits, he will be con- 

 'dueled in the right path by the Gum (Guru' Govind.") He is instru6led 

 ^9,,believe, that it is tb.e duty of all those who belong to the Khdlsa, or 

 "Commonwealth of the Sikhs^ neither to lament the sacrifice of property, 

 nor of life, in support of each other; and he is directed to read the Adi- 



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'iiS *, G.lJ'au' Go'viND put to death many of this tribe. 

 ^1:?^+ TJals bartoirous custom still prevails among the Rajaputs ia many parts of Jlindhtaie, 



