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The Meaning Of Lifeonly 200 people left. When Guru Gobind Singh jee came forthe fifth time there were only a few hundred people and onlySahib Chand from Bidar got up. He humbly requested withpalms pressed together and head bowed low, ‘Gareeb Nivaz,Cherisher of the Poor, take my head as well.” The remainingpeople had moved away and were watching from a safe distance.Guru Gobind Singh came for the sixth time and said, “I havefive heads I need no more. At Guru Nanak’s time only BhaiLehna passed the test but now five have passed the test!”The Sikhs came back to the sangat. Guru Gobind Singh said,“O Sikhs only one person passed at Guru Nanak’s time nowfive have passed, there is nothing that will stop this Panth fromgrowing!” Guru jee brought water, read the five sacred prayers(banis) and prepared the amrit-nectar.People say goats were sacrificed, but our Guru is True, the TrueGuru - the SatGuru, our Guru is not a hypocrite. He asked forheads not goats. If he sacrificed goats then goats would havegot Sikhism, not us.Guru Gobind Singh jee prepared amrit in an iron cauldron,Mata Sahib Kaur jee added sugar sweets into the amrit. GuruGobind Singh jee said, “You have done a great deed, now ourSikhs will have sweetness as well as strength.”The first amrit is Khanda-batta-da-amrit (water plus sugarsweets stirred in the iron batta bowl by the symbol of God’spower - the mighty double edged Khanda sword), the second142