ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>R&#256I BUL&#256R</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="RI,BULR"> <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">&#65279R&#256I BUL&#256R a Muhammadan noble of the Bha&#7789&#7789i clan, was during the latter half of the fifteenth century the chief of Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 R&#257i Bhoi, the village where Gur&#363 N&#257nak was born in 1469. R&#257i B&#363l&#257r had great affection for young Gur&#363 N&#257nak and held him in high esteem. According to Janam S&#257kh&#299 accounts, R&#257i Bul&#257r perceived the Divine in Gur&#363 N&#257nak and became a devotee. Once young N&#257nak was arraigned before him for having allowed the cattle herd he was tending to damage a farmer&#8217s crop. The R&#257i sent for B&#257b&#257 K&#257l&#363, the Gur&#363's father, and directed him to compensate the farmer for the damage. But footmen sent to estimate the loss reported that they had seen no damage whatsoever. R&#257&#299 Bul&#257r was as much surprised as the complainant himself, who insisted that he had seen with his own eyes the whole crop ruined and the buffaloes sitting amidst it after they had heartily gorged themselves on it. On another occasion, Gur&#363 N&#257nak, while out with his herd, lay down to rest under a tree in the summer afternoon and fell asleep. After a while, R&#257i Bul&#257r along with his servants happened to pass by. He was surprised to see a strange phenomenon. The shadows of other trees had travelled round with the sun, but not of the tree under which N&#257nak slept. Returning to the town, the R&#257i called Father K&#257l&#363 and said to him, "Your son is a great man. He is the honour of my town. K&#257l&#363, thou hast become exalted and I too am exalted in whose town such a one has been born."</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gur&#363 N&#257nak reciprocated the honour and affection extended to him by R&#257i Bul&#257r and never failed in between his long travels to visit him, who always felt blessed to see him. Even when he lay dying in 1515 <i>circa</i>, the Gur&#363 was by his bedside.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> McLeod, W.H., tr., <i>The B40 Janam-S&#257kh&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1980<BR> <li class="C1"> Kohl&#299, Surindar Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Janams&#257kh&#299 Bh&#257&#299 B&#257l&#257</i>. Chandigarh, 1972<BR> <li class="C1"> V&#299r Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, ed., <i>Pur&#257tan Janams&#257kh&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1971<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Panth Prak&#257sh</i>. Delhi, 1880<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>