ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DUN&#298 CHAND</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="DUN*,CHAND"> <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">&#65279DUN&#298 CHAND is described in <i>Pur&#257tan Janam S&#257kh&#299</i> as a Dhuppa&#7771 Khatr&#299 of Lahore who held in the <i>parganah</i> the revenue rank of karo&#7771&#299 (lit. the holder of a karo&#7771 or ten million). He was performing <i>&#347r&#257ddha</i> or anniversary feast for his deceased father when he learnt that the holy saint Gur&#363 N&#257nak had arrived in the city. He invited him to his house which displayed seven flags fastened upon the door-top. Asked what these flags signified, Dun&#299 Chand proudly explained that they indicated the degree of his opulence, each flag denoting wealth worth a lac or a hundred thousand. The Gur&#363, continues the <i>Pur&#257tan Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>, gave him a needle and said, "Keep it as a deposit of mine. We shall take it from you in the next world. " Puzzled to hear this strange request, Dun&#299 Chand took the needle to his wife and told her what the Gur&#363 had said. "What is to be done now?" he asked her. "Go and give the needle back to the Gur&#363, " replied his wife. "Who can take anything with him from here to the hereafter?" Dun&#299 Chand came and bowed at the Gur&#363's feet. He knew that his wealth would not go with him, nor would the victuals ritually offered to the Br&#257hma&#7751s on the <i>&#347r&#257ddha</i> day avail his father. The Gur&#363, says the <i>Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>, spoke to him, "Give in the name of the Lord. Put food in the mouth of the needy. Thus wilt thou have something to go with thee. "</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> V&#299r Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, ed. , <i>Pur&#257tan Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1971<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1926-37<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Nanak and Origins of the Sikh Faith</i>. Bombay, 1969<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>