ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>S&#256DH 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="SDH,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">&#65279S&#256DH, BH&#256&#298, devoted disciple of Gur&#363 Hargobind (1595-1644), who lived near the ancient city of Bal<u>kh</u> in central Asia. Zulfiq&#257r Ardast&#257n&#299, the author of <i>Dabist&#257n-i-Maz&#257hib</i>, a contemporary work in Persian, records two anecdotes which show that Bh&#257&#299 S&#257dh was a devoted Sikh who, unaffected by joys and sorrows of life, rejoiced in serving the will of the Gur&#363. "Once he," says Zulfiq&#257r Ardast&#257n&#299, "set out upon the Gur&#363's order from Bal<u>kh</u> to Iraq to buy horses. He had a grown-up son who fell sick." People said, "you are still in the city of Bal<u>kh</u>, only a stage away from home. Go back and see your son." He replied, "If he dies, there is plenty of firewood in the house. You may cremate him. I have left home in the service of the Gur&#363. I will not go back." The boy passed away but the father did not return. On another occasion, Ardast&#257n&#299 travelling with Bh&#257&#299 S&#257dh from K&#257bul to the Punjab, discovered that the belt of his sheep-skin had snapped. "S&#257dh instantly took off his <i>zann&#257r</i>, the sacred thread," he writes, "and made a joint there." "What have you done?" said I. He replied, "The wearing of the sacred thread is an undertaking of service. Whenever I neglect the service of my guests and friends, I become a non-wearer of it." And he quoted a verse: "This knotless relation, though slender as a single strand, is rosary in a cloister and a <i>zann&#257r</i> in a temple."</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Ganda Singh, <i>"N&#257nak Panthis " in The Panjab Past and Present.</i> Patiala, April 1967<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Bhagat Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>