I got several great responses - here are the top 3 (please see Comments for more).
Parvati, Enid, OK
"DON'T MESS WITH EMS!"
Anonymous
Mughal = Ego, Sher Singh = Guru, Sher Singh's sword = SatNaam
Any questions?
Sonu Kapoor
The Spiritual Moral of the story goes back to a Sakhi ["true story"] related to Guru Gobind Singh Ji [the tenth Sikh Master], a moment in his life period where he was once surrounded by enemy forces and a Mugal leader who challenged him for a dual.
Guru Gobind Singh ji offered 3 chances for the Mugal Leader to gain victory, when the 3rd attack came close and touched Guru Gobind Singh Ji, he then took his turn and finished off the Mugal Leader with one strike.
Allowing the enemy to go first, allows a saint to stand behind his principals with confidence, it also brings self assurance that he/she is Right and therefore has the support of the almighty. It is a test of confidence and faith in the principals of one's beliefs; "if I am wrong, than may I die, but if I am right, than victory shall be mine" The moment the first blow of the enemy is missed/altered, the saint gains confidence and assurance that he is correct and therefore uses that bliss of energy to return a blow back to his enemy and gains victory.
Often in a battlefield the weaker opponent will strike first because of fear, by resisting the desire to strike first the stronger opponent projects confidence in himself and in the almighty.
Sher Singh let his opponent go first, being alone in a battlefield, surrounded by mugals and not choosing to take the first strike, showed his confidence in his Guru "ja ko rakhe sahina mar sake na koye". The method which Sher Singh used to strike his opponent sent a clear and precise message to the entire mugal army "You may talk all you want, but the moment you make a move against what is right, you will crumble to the ground, for neither your head nor your body will support your useless talk"
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Here are the rest of the responses. I always have the tougest time selecting "the best" ones and even a tougher time descarding the rest of the great responses. So I will be adding all of them as a comment. If anyone can come up with a better idea, please do let me know.
Jasleen Kaur, NC
Even the Guru's Sikhs are able to do what the Guru can --- which is help you get rid of your "mind" (and thereby become one with the Guru). In fact, the famous 5 are the only enemies that a Guru's Sikh ever raises his sword against...
Siri Kirpal Kaur Khalsa, OR
We are all headless saints...one way or the other! :)
Vishav Grewal
1. We never know of we are in grip of kaal.
2. We never know if we are spiritually dead.
3. Sword of Sikhi , "SIKHI..KHANDION TIKHI WALON NICKI"
Leon Pollack
as the particpants were standing far enough apart, their swords coudn't cut only their intention/ energy had power. mughal was externally driven and could only affect the externals of sher singh. sher singh was internally empowered and therefore could easily reveal the mughal's disconnected state.
Sheridan Mahoney, OR
I would interpret this as a parable representing the Saint combating his own ego. With faith and a good heart, the weed that is our ego-suffering is separated from the ground that supports it (the source of suffering).
Another very good one:
Nachattar Dhaliwal
The mughal asked Sher Singh to show him what Guru Gobind Singh Ji taught him and Bhai Sher Singh Ji did: The best way to live (win) is to cut off your head(ego/bad augan [qualities])
Another rather beautiful one:
Gurnam Singh
Having read with interest, a need to reply is being actioned and in answering the question you posed, the moral of the encounter between Sher Singh and the Moghul leader appears to be two fold, humbly as follows:
1) A Sikh of the Guru never initiates unjustified challenges, and that Sikh of the Guru also, never ignores unjustified challenges, by the grace of Guru Ji.
2) Had the Moghul leader been enveloped in his EMS, he would have gained life, rather then lost life!
I pray, when the need to bow erupts within us, may we find ourselves at the divine feet of our Guru, and never anywhere else!
Gurpreet Singh (my radiantly beautiful wife)
A person who is sure of her true essence can lose everything and still not be naked.
But a person who is full of ego will lose everything in the end, including his head!
Willem Wittstamm, Clenze, DE (http://wittstamm.de/)
Pretty well possible, that this one is not "saint-soldier style"
But on the other hand, maybe nanak would have liked it::
"Who draws the sword, will die from a sword"
Quotation Jesus Christ
Angad Singh
... my mind is divided into many layers regarding the moral behind the story.....
i am sharing with you all.......
At First i felt that since the motive of Sher Singh was not to kill the emperor, but to just play with him the agme of swords...
i felt like it was not a battle between two enemies ....but was b/w 2 masters of sword..
so when the emperor unhooked his sheath....he also did the same ..but in a skillful way....
AND ALSO....
may be he wanted to aware the emperor that dont take his opponeny weak......so he just did the same wat emperor did to him..without
hurting him anymore......
ANOTHER thought came in my mind was that when the emperor unhook sher singh's battledress then he saw soldiers standing as spectators happy and feeling proud of thier king....after seeing that sher singh also took his sword out....took some moves..but put it back into the cover....may he wanted to show him that he can even kill him....but is sparing him only because he is the pride of many soldiers...
i feel that a winner is not one who wins...but the one who played the game with faith n truthfulness....
Several morals from Maninder Dheeran
"Defeat the EGO with HUMILITY".
or as we know
"Be a SAINT-SOLDIER".
It's easy to take life by sword,
but the guru has told us to always choose a path with which you can live by the sword.
DEFEAT the EVIL without being a DEVIL
Angad Singh, India
... my mind is divided into many layers regarding the moral behind the story.....
i am sharing with you all.......
At First i felt that since the motive of Sher Singh was not to kill the emperor, but to just play with him the agme of swords...
i felt like it was not a battle between two enemies ....but was b/w 2 masters of sword..
so when the emperor unhooked his sheath....he also did the same ..but in a skillful way....
AND ALSO....
may be he wanted to aware the emperor that dont take his opponeny weak......so he just did the same wat emperor did to him..without
hurting him anymore......
ANOTHER thought came in my mind was that when the emperor unhook sher singh's battledress then he saw soldiers standing as spectators happy and feeling proud of thier king....after seeing that sher singh also took his sword out....took some moves..but put it back into the cover....may he wanted to show him that he can even kill him....but is sparing him only because he is the pride of many soldiers...
i feel that a winner is not one who wins...but the one who played the game with faith n truthfulness....
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