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<p class="C1">&#65279DURG&#256, PA&#7750&#7692IT, or Durgo Bhamb&#299, a S&#257rsvat Br&#257hma&#7751 of Bhamb&#299 clan living in the village of Mih&#7771&#257 or Mahe&#7771&#257 (location obscure), predicted great name and fame for (Gur&#363) Amar D&#257s when the latter even had not yet met Gur&#363 A&#7749gad. According to Sar&#363p D&#257s Bhall&#257, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>, Amar D&#257s, at the time of one of his pilgrimages to Haridv&#257r, halted at Mih&#7771&#257 for rest in a house maintained by Durg&#257 Pa&#7751&#7693it for travellers. As he lay asleep, Durg&#257, who was an astrologer as well as a palmist, observed in one of his feet a lotus mark which is believed to be the sign of sovereignty or exceptional spiritual eminence. "He is a noble K&#7779atriya, " said Durg&#257 to himself. "Let me receive from him a promise for a reward&#8221. As Amar D&#257s awoke, Durg&#257 pronounced his prophecy. Amar D&#257s offered him money, but Durg&#257 declined saying, "Not now. But do promise to give me what I ask for when my prediction is fulfilled. " Amar D&#257s gave him his word. Years later, as Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s sat on the seat of Gur&#363 N&#257nak, Durg&#257 Pa&#7751&#7693it called on him. No sooner did he set his eyes on the Gur&#363 than all thoughts of claiming the reward he had come to seek vanished from his mind. He begged instead to be initiated a disciple. In the Sikh hierarchy, Pa&#7751&#7693it Durg&#257 held, as recorded in an old inscription in Gurdw&#257r&#257 Havel&#299 S&#257hib at Goindv&#257l, charge of a <i>mañj&#299</i> or preaching district around his own village, Mahe&#7771&#257.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><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"> Bhall&#257, Sar&#363p D&#257s, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1971<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Balb&#299r Si&#7749gh Dil<br></p><BR>
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