and the partings of whose hair were dyed with vermillion
Have their locks now shorn with scissors,
And dust is now thrown upon their heads.
….Eating coconuts and dates they sported on their couches,
But now chains are on their necks and broken are their
String of pearls.
The wealth and beauty which afforded them pleasure
have now become their bane.
The order was given to Soldiers to take and dishonour them." - Meaning and context.">
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Guru Nanak, quoted from Ahuja, N.D. N.A. The Great Guru Nanak and the Muslims. Chandigarh: Kirti Publishing House. page 66, quoted in Ten heads of ravana : a critique of hinduphobic scholars. (2023). Garuda Prakashan Private Limited.
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They who wore beautiful tresses
and the partings of whose hair were dyed with vermillion
Have their locks now shorn with scissors,
And dust is now thrown upon their heads.
….Eating coconuts and dates they sported on their couches,
But now chains are on their necks and broken are their
String of pearls.
The wealth and beauty which afforded them pleasure
have now become their bane.
The order was given to Soldiers to take and dishonour them.

— Guru Nanak

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "They who wore beautiful tresses
and the partings of whose hair were dyed with vermillion
Have their locks now shorn with scissors,
And dust is now thrown upon their heads.
….Eating coconuts and dates they sported on their couches,
But now chains are on their necks and broken are their
String of pearls.
The wealth and beauty which afforded them pleasure
have now become their bane.
The order was given to Soldiers to take and dishonour them." in the context of "Guru Nanak, quoted from Ahuja, N.D. N.A. The Great Guru Nanak and the Muslims. Chandigarh: Kirti Publishing House. page 66, quoted in Ten heads of ravana : a critique of hinduphobic scholars. (2023). Garuda Prakashan Private Limited." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Guru Nanak" (Quotes) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Guru Nanak

About Guru Nanak

Guru Nanak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539) also addressed as Baba Nanak or Nanak Shah founded the religion of Sikhism. He was the first of the ten Sikh Gurus, while the Guru Granth Sahib is considered as the eleventh guru. He travelled widely through out the country propagating the message of one God who dwells in every one of God's creations and constitutes the eternal Truth. His birth is celebrated world-wide on Kartik Puranmashi, the full-moon day which falls on different dates each year in the month of Kartik, October–November.