ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SAIDO BH&#256&#298 1</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="SAIDO,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">&#65279SAIDO, BH&#256&#298, of Lahore, received the rites of initiation during the time of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s. He once led a <i>sa&#7749gat</i> to the presence of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s to request him to lift the "curse" pronounced by Gur&#363 N&#257nak upon Lahore. There is a line in Gur&#363 N&#257nak : "The city of Lahore went through a quarter of a day's cruel atrocity" (GG, 1412). The somewhat obscure reference appears to be to the sack of Lahore by B&#257bar's invading host in 1524. Gur&#363 N&#257nak was alluding to the terror let loose upon the citizens for well over three hours, to which he had probably been a witness. But the Sikhs of Lahore, says Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, thought that Gur&#363 N&#257nak&#8217s words, implied a curse foretelling a future calamity. Bh&#257&#299 Saido accompanied by Bh&#257&#299 S&#257&#299&#7749 Ditt&#257, a goldsmith, Jh&#257ñjh&#299 by caste, waited on Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s and invited him to visit Lahore. In Lahore, the entire <i>sa&#7749gat</i>, full of apprehension, requested the Gur&#363 to cancel the curse. Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s allayed their fear saying "The city of Lahore is the very pool of nectar." The verse is recorded in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib like Gur&#363 N&#257nak&#8217s.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bh&#257&#299 Saido and Bh&#257&#299 S&#257&#299&#7749 Ditt&#257 went to see Gur&#363 Arjan and narrated to him the event. Gur&#363 Arjan instructed them to repeat always V&#257higur&#363, the single word denoting the formless as well as the manifest nature of God. Bh&#257&#299 Saido and his companion fell at the Gur&#363's feet and felt blessed.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amrltsar,1927-35<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>