Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa! Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!
Pyaari saadh sangat ji -
The Ragi singh at our Gurdwara always has a theme every week - last week it was "Lord as Protector"
There were two shabads of Kabir sahib
"Ganga Kinare Meri Tooti Zanjeer - Mrigshala par baithay Kabir"
and
"Prabh Khamb te Niksay Kai Bisthaar, Harnakash chediyo nakh beedaar"
and the couplet from Salok Mehalla 9
"Bal Shutkiyo Bandhaan Paray - Kachoo Na hoth upaay
Kaho Nanak ab oat har - gaj tio hoh saha-ae"
On the way home my 12 year old son asked - "But then Papa - what happened with Guru Arjan, Guru Tegh Bahadur and Banda Bahadur? - why were they not given the same protection"
One answer of course is that they wanted to demonstrate "Mitha laaga-e tera bhaana" but wondering if there was another perspective out there for the sewak......