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<p class="C1">&#65279MAIL&#256GAR SI&#7748GH or Mali&#257gar Si&#7749gh, one of the Sikhs who rallied round Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh during his travels in the M&#257lv&#257 region after the battle of Chamkaur (7 December 1705), earned the Gur&#363's appreciation for his spirit of contentment. According to <i>M&#257lv&#257 Des Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>, as Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh arrived at Sar&#257v&#257&#7749, the villagers took the Sikhs out in batches to their houses for meals. One very poor man, not to be left behind in serving a fellow Sikh, invited Mail&#257gar Si&#7749gh although he had little to offer except some dried <i>p&#299l&#363</i> (fruit of <i>va&#7751</i> tree <i>Quercus incana</i>) soaked in water. As Sikhs reassembled and as the Gur&#363 asked them how they had been entertained, they described in turn the rich viands they had been treated to. When Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh learnt about what delicacy had been offered him, he praised Mail&#257gar Si&#7749gh's spirit of humility and contentment. According  to Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, the Gur&#363 spoke :</p>
<blockquote class="C1"><p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Sikh who has the means but entertains not the visitor,</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Blameworthy is he.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He who expects a feast from a destitute Sikh is not without fault, either.</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, 1927-35<BR>
<li class="C1">.Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1">.Attar Si&#7749gh, <i>M&#257lv&#257 Des Ra&#7789an D&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1950<BR>
<li class="C1">.Macauliffe, M.A., <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR>
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