Sword

A sword is a long, edged piece of metal, used as a cutting, thrusting, and clubbing weapon in many civilizations throughout the world.

Guru Gobind Singh Sahib justified the use of the sword as a duty and as a means of protecting the weak and the oppressed. With human brutes, non-violence is meaningless. Guru Gobind Singh Sahib says:

When the affairs are past other remedies, It is justifiable to unsheath the sword.

Guru Gobind Singh Sahib called it Durga or Bhagwati and praises it thus :

Sword that smites in a flash, That scatters the armies of the wicked In the great battle-field, 0 symbol of the brave. Your arm is irresistible, your brightness shines forth The splendour of the black dazzles like the sun. Sword, you are the scourge of saints, You are the scourge of the wicked ; Scatterer of sinners, I take refuge with you. Hail to the Creator. Saviour and sustainer, Hail to you : Sword supreme !