ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>M&#362SAN 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="MjSAN,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">&#65279M&#362SAN, BH&#256&#298, son of Bh&#257&#299 Samman of Sh&#257hb&#257zpur, in the present-day Amritsar district of the Punjab, was, like his father, a devoted Sikh of the time of Gur&#363 Arjan. The Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib contains a composition entitled <i>Chaubole</i> by Gur&#363 Arjan in which several couplets are addressed to M&#363san. These couplets stress the importance of loving devotion as a means of spiritual fulfilment.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The anecdote in the <i>Sikh&#257&#7749 d&#299 Bhagat M&#257l&#257</i> describes the death of Bh&#257&#299 Samman's son by marauders' bullet but does not mention M&#363san by name.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>&#346abad&#257rth Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib </i>. Amritsar, 1964<BR> <li class="C1"> S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, <i> Sri Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib Darpan </i>. Jalandhar, 1962-64<BR> <li class="C1"> Gurd&#257s, Bh&#257&#299, <i> V&#257r&#257&#7749 </i>.<BR> <li class="C1"> Man&#299 Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i> Sikh&#257&#7749 d&#299 Bhagat M&#257l&#257 </i>. Amritsar, 1955<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>