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<p class="C1">&#65279GIRDH&#256R&#298, BH&#256&#298, a wealthy but childless shopkeeper from southern districts, who hearing of how a certain goldsmith had got offspring as a result of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s's blessing, made a pilgrimage to Goindv&#257l to see the Gur&#363. The Gur&#363 uttered a <i>&#347lok&#257</i> (couplet) as he saw him: "None can erase what is writ on the forehead. What is written happeneth. He who hath spiritual insight understandeth this" (GG, 1413) . He advised Girdh&#257r&#299 to rejoice in God's will, repeat the Name and do good deeds. Girdh&#257r&#299 withdrew from the Gur&#363's presence crestfallen.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Bh&#257&#299 P&#257ro, a pious Sikh, observing Girdh&#257r&#299's melancholy plight, spoke to him, "Do not be disheartened. If you have faith, you may still have not one but five children." As goes the tradition, Girdh&#257r&#299 in due time became the father of five sons. He travelled to Goindv&#257l with his sons to pay homage to Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s and render gratefulness. Even as he made obeisance before the Gur&#363, Bh&#257&#299 P&#257ro realized how he had unintentionally been an instrument in causing the marvel. He fell at the Gur&#363's feet in penitence. The Gur&#363 blessed both Bh&#257&#299 Girdh&#257r&#299 and Bh&#257&#299 P&#257ro.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Aurthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<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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