By selecting these five youths from the five different castes,

Guru Gobind Singh created a common brotherhood of all the four main castes.

S. Daya Singh Sobti was the first to be selected from the Kshtriya caste,

Who was a prominent inhabitant of the city of Lahore.

Dharam Singh from Hastinapur was the second to be chosen,

Who happened to be a Jat with flowing Shiva like locks of hair.

Mohkam Singh was the third, born and bred at Dwarka,

The place from where Namdev’s spiritual guide Krishna hailed.

Sahib Singh, a barbar by caste, was the fourth from a place,

Which was also the abode of Bhagat Sain.

Himmat Singh, the water-carrier, was the fifth chosen,

Thus, the five youths from the five castes were identified.

Thereafter, Guru Gobind Singh got the ‘Khandey ki Pahul’ prepared,
By mixing sweet-candies in a bowl of water.

He stirred the sweetened solution with a double-edged sword,

By keeping its sharp edge all the time towards himself.

Satguru Guru Gobind Singh kept on chanting the true name of God,

And kept on reciting the name of God, The Creator

He continued meditating on the timeless eternal God,

In order to invoke His grace for the success of his mission.

First, Guru Gobind Singh recited the ballad consecrated to Bhagwati,

He himself had composed this ballad for the first time.

Then he invoked the grace of earlier Nine Sikh Gurus,

And beseeched them to bestow their blessings on the Tenth Guru.

Thereafter he recited the thirty-two savyeeyas,

Which also came out from his own sacred lips.

This war ballad “Chandi-di-War” was a very inspiring composition,

The recitation of which was also made mandatory during initiation ceremony.