The Nature of Temporal Power

Here's a quote from Guru Gobind Singh, renouncing the ego driven for power and wealth and how no one can retain this on their passing.

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11 Aug 2025 — 1 min read

"A Street in Lahore" by L.H. de Rudder after an original drawing in 1842 by Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich Saltuik

In Triumph do the Armies March

To the Beat of the Mighty Kettle Drum,

Elephants and Steeds Proclaim

Their Glory in the Fearsome Thrum,

Mighty Kings there are Today

And Many More are Sure to Come,

Godless Will They All Depart

Hands Bereft of Even a Crumb.

These words, written by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, serve as a timeless reminder of the fleeting, finite nature of worldly, temporal power. Countless dynasties, once unmatched in might and wealth, have risen and fallen—but this truth endures beyond them all.