ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BH&#256N&#256 MALLA&#7750 BH&#256&#298</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="BHN,MALLAF,BH*"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279BH&#256N&#256 MALLA&#7750, BH&#256&#298, and Bh&#257&#299 Rekh R&#257o, store-keepers of the Mu<u>gh</u>al governor at K&#257bul, were pious and devoted Sikhs of the time of Gur&#363 Arjan. Whatever they earned, they spent on feeding the needy Sikhs and others. Jealous of their generous hospitality, someone complained to the governor charging them with dishonesty. It was said that they used short weights and misappropriated the provisions in the stores. Bh&#257&#299 Man&#299 Si&#7749gh, <i>Sikh&#257&#7749 d&#299 Bhagat M&#257l&#257</i>, records that the weights were in fact short, though Bh&#257&#299 Bh&#257n&#257 and Bh&#257&#299 Rekh R&#257o did not know. Both were honest men and had deep faith in the Gur&#363. They made an <i>ard&#257s</i>, supplicating the Gur&#363 that their honour be vindicated. It is said that Gur&#363 Arjan was on that day in a congregation at Amritsar. A Sikh made an offering of five pice. The Gur&#363 took up the coins and, weighing them on his palm, began shifting them from one hand to the other and back again. The <i>sa&#7749gat</i> was perplexed. Offerings, precious as well as humble, had always been made to the Gur&#363, but he had hardly ever touched them. Soon, however, Gur&#363 Arjan dropped the coins and smiled. Asked by the Sikhs to reveal the mystery, the Gur&#363 said that he was countervailing the weights of his innocent Sikhs in trouble. Meanwhile, the weights of Bh&#257&#299 Bh&#257n&#257's store had been tested and found to be correct.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bh&#257&#299 K&#257hn Si&#7749gh N&#257bh&#257, <i>Gurushabad Ratn&#257kar Mah&#257n Kosh</i> and Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, also mention this anecdote, but in reference to one Bh&#257&#299 Ka&#7789&#257r&#257 and not to Bh&#257&#299 Bh&#257n&#257 Malla&#7751 and Bh&#257&#299 Rekh R&#257o.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Man&#299 Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sikh&#257&#7749 d&#299 Bhagat M&#257l&#257</i>. Amritsar, 1955<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, Amritsar, 1926-37<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>