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take her with him on his final journey. He bade her abide in the world for some days, and then she should meet him. Guru Ram Das's soul was borne to the celestial regions on the third day of the light half of the month of Bhadon, Sambat 1638 (A. D. 1581). The bard Mathura composed the following on his death :—
Guru Ram Das who was pleasing to God, went to God's
city;
God gave him a throne and seated him on it.
The demigods on receiving thee, O Ram Das, were pleased,
and sang victory to thee.
During thy life the sins of the demons[1] trembled within
them and they fled.[2]
The sins of those who received Guru Ram Das's instruction
were cut away.
He gave the umbrella and sovereignty of the earth to
Guru Arjan.[3]
