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Guru Gobind Singh’s literal and metaphorical poem Shastraa Naam Maalaa (The Rosary of Weapons) from The Dasam Granth Saahib has now been translated for the first time in history (completely) by Dr. Akaalee Nirbo Singh (including a detailed English translation of each Sanskrit word with explanations of meanings).  

This Shastra Naam Maalaa translation is the only one to currently exist and a work that took over 3 years to complete.  This is an excerpt from the translation

 

Chapter III

 

The Description of the Names of The Great Arrow (Sidee Baan)

 

Dohadaa: O significant Baan (arrow), the son of the

bow and destroyer of the armor, forever bring us

victory and fulfill our tasks.

Saying first “Danush (bow)” and then “Agraja (son of the

bow),” all the names of the Baan (arrow) can be

comprehended correctly.

Saying first “Panach (aiming at the enemies)” and then

“Agraja (and shooting the sons of the bow, i.e. arrows),”

all the names of Baan (arrow) continue to be evolved.

Saying the names of “Nikhanga (arrows)” and then

describing “Baasee (that are like an artery or a pipe, i.e.

arrow shaft),” all the names of Baan (arrow) can be

known.

After naming “Mrigayan (killing the enemies like deer)”

and then saying “Haa (with the bow and arrows),” all

the names of Baan (arrow) are comprehended in the

mind.

After saying all the names of “Kavach (protecting like

armor)” and adding the word “Baydak (by smashing,24

destroying and annihilating),” all the names of the Baan

(arrow) continue to be evolved.

After saying all the names of “Chaaram (the final act, i.e.

death)” and adding the word “Chaydak (by cutting the

body),” the wise people come to know all the names of

the Baan (arrow) in their mind.

After saying “Subhat (like a great warrior)” and then

adding “Haa (as an arrow),” the wise say all the names

of the Baan (arrow).

After saying “Sab – Pakchan (all birds, i.e. arrows flying

like birds with feathers)” and then adding “Paar

(sending out and flying to the enemies),” the wise

recognize all the names of the Baan (arrow).

After adding the word “Antak (death)” with “Panchee

(as arrows flying like birds), Padee (with the power of

The One),” and “Pankh - Dhaar (flowing to the enemies

in groups),” all the names of Baan (arrow) are

recognized in the mind.

Saying the names of “Akaash (the sky, i.e. arrow that

flies through the sky)” and then “Chaar (as an

emissary),” the wise people recognize all the names the

Baan (arrow).

After saying “Kay (flying in the the sky), Akaash (in the

blue sky), Nabh (and injuring) and Gagan (from the25

sky),” and then “Chaar (as an emissary),” the wise may

comprehend correctly all the names of the Baan

(arrow).

After saying “Asmaan (like the charioteer of Suryaa the

sun god), Sipayhada (as a ray of The One), Div (from the

sky), Gaardu (like the king of birds, i.e. Gaarudaa,

Vishnu’s vehicle),” etc. and then “Chaar (sent as an

emissary),” the names of the Baan (arrow) are known.

Saying “Chandra (bright and shinning in the sky like the

moon of wisdom)” in the beginning and then adding

“Dayho (and moving to the body of the enemy)” and

finally “Chaar (as an emissary),” the names of the Baan

(arrow) are formed.

After adding the word “Chaar (as an emissary)” at the

end of the words “Go (arrows), Madeech (like rays of

“light” that kill the literal enemies and the wisdom that

kills the ignorance, i.e. “darkness”), Keeranang (as

“rays” of wisdom), Chaataa - Dhaar (flowing as

wisdom),” etc., the names of the Baan (arrow) are

formed.

After saying “Rajaneesaar (the queen of the night and

wife of Suryaa the sun god, i.e. the “moon” of wisdom as

death of the “darkness” of ignorance)” and “Dinahaa

(flying like a bird),” and adding the word “Durandhar

(as a bearer of a burden for the enemies)” at the end, all

the names of the Baan (arrow) continue to be evolved.26

Saying “Chaar – Dhaar (flowing as an emissary)” along

with “Raatree (like Raatree the queen of the night, i.e.

the “moon” of wisdom as death over ignorance), Nisaa

(as the queen of the “night,” i.e. death over ignorance)”

and “Din – Gatanee (with wisdom, i.e. “light,” from a

kind of club, i.e. the arrow that destroys ignorance; the

literal arrow and the arrow of the Shabad Gudu

obtained when the arrow of love of The Formless One

kills the ego),” all the names of Baan (arrow) are

evolved.

After saying “Upraajanee (like Raatree the queen of the

night, i.e. the “moon” of wisdom as death over

ignorance)” and then “Chaar - Dhaar (flowing to the

enemy as an emissary),” all the names of the Baan

(arrow) can be remembered.

The words “Rain (the “moon” of wisdom that kills

ignorance), Andhak - Pat (with spikes from The One),

Nispat (flying and destroying),” etc. are known by the

name “Chandra – Baan (arrows of wisdom), which in

the form of “Chandraamaa (the “moon,” i.e. the light of

wisdom)” kills the forms steeped in darkness

(ignorance).”

Saying the names of the “Sab - Keeran (all arrows like

rays of wisdom)” and then “Dhaar (that flow in an easy

course to the enemies)” twice, all the names of the Baan

(arrow) are known.27

Saying all names of “Samundada (a flood of arrows)”

and then adding “Sut – Dayho (pressing out from the

body)” at the end, and then afterwards saying “Dhaar

(and flowing to the enemies),” all the names of the Baan

(arrow) come forward (in the mind).

 

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