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<p class="C1">&#65279SAI&#7750 or SAIN, whose one hymn has been included in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib, is counted among the disciples of R&#257m&#257nand (1300-1411). Gur&#363 Arjan, N&#257nak V, says in one of his hymns in the Holy Book that the name of S&#257i&#7751 was a household word as a <i>bhakta</i> of rare devotion (GG,487). In another, hymn, he refers to him as an example of dedication to the service of holymen. Bhakta Ravid&#257s in a &#347abda in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib ranks Sai&#7751 with N&#257mdev, Kab&#299r, Trilochan and Sadhn&#257 in piety (GG.1106). According to Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s, Sai&#7751 was the disciple of R&#257m&#257nand and he had adopted him as his preceptor on hearing of the fame of Kab&#299r (1398-1518) who, too, was R&#257m&#257nand's disciple. All accounts agree that Sai&#7751 was a barber, some stating that he served at the court of the king of Rev&#257, then called B&#257ndhavga&#7771h, in Central India, while others hold that he was attached to the court of the ruler of Bidar in South India. Those supporting the South Indian tradition believe that Sai&#7751 was a disciple of Jñ&#257nadeva.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What is the best <i>&#257rat&#299</i> or form of adoration of the Lord is the theme of Sai&#7751's <i>pada</i> incorporated in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. According to Sai&#7751 singing of His praise and meditating on His Name constitute the highest worship. These alone will ferry one across the fearful ocean and bring him liberation.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>&#346abad&#257rth Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib</i>. Amritsar,1975<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gurd&#257s, Bh&#257&#299, <i>V&#257r&#257&#7749</i>, X.16<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gurdit Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>ltih&#257s Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib (Bhagat B&#257&#7751&#299 Bh&#257g) </i>. Chandigarh,1990<BR>
<li class="C1"> S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, <i>Bhagat B&#257&#7751&#299 Sa&#7789&#299k</i>. Amritsar, 1959-60<BR>
<li class="C1"> Chaturved&#299, Parsh&#363 R&#257m, <i>Uttar&#299 Bh&#257rat k&#299 Sant Prampr&#257</i>. Allahabad,1964<BR>
<li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion : Its Gur&#363s, Sacred Writings and Authors</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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