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<p class="C1">&#65279S&#256LAS R&#256I was, according to <i>Bh&#257&#299 B&#257l&#257 Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>, a jeweller of Bishambharpur, present Bishn&#363pur in B&#257&#7749kur&#257 district of West Bengal, although a tradition recorded by Gi&#257n&#299 Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i>, identifies the place as the city of Pa&#7789n&#257 in Bih&#257r. As Gur&#363 N&#257nak travelling in the eastern parts approached Bishambharpur, Bh&#257&#299 Mard&#257n&#257, says the <i>Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>, complained of fatigue and hunger. The Gur&#363 gave him a stone he had picked up in the jungle and asked him to go into town, sell it and buy what he needed. Mard&#257n&#257 showed the stone from shop to shop but had it returned to him every time as worthless until he came to S&#257las R&#257i, the jeweller. S&#257las R&#257i scanned the stone spellbound. Then he handed it back to Mard&#257n&#257 and said that he must meet the owner of such a priceless jewel. He asked his servant Adhrak&#257 to take some presents and fruit with him and, led by Mard&#257n&#257, came to the place where the Gur&#363 was. Both master and servant entered the path of discipleship and became dedicated to the Gur&#363's word. Adhrak&#257's service was valued equally with S&#257las R&#257i. They were assigned to running a <i>sa&#7749gat</i> in their town.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Kohl&#299, Surindar Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Janamsakh&#299 Bh&#257&#299 B&#257l&#257. </i> Chandigarh, 1975<BR>
<li class="C1"> Kirp&#257l Si&#7749gh, <i>Janam S&#257kh&#299 Parampar&#257</i>. Patiala, 1969<BR>
<li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Nanak and Origins of the Sikh Faith</i>. Bombay, 1969<BR>
<li class="C1"> McLeod, W.H., <i>Early Sikh Tradition</i>. Oxford,1980<BR>
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