BEGA, BHAI, or Bhai Vega. a Pasi Khatri of the village of Dalla, now in Kapurthala district of the Punjab. His name appears among pious and devoted Sikhs of the time of Guru Amar Das in Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 16. He was among the Sikhs who waited upon

BHULLU, BHAI, a Sekhar Khatri who turned a mendicant, once waited upon Guru Arjan to seek instruction. He was accompanied by Bhai Nau, also a mendicant like him, Bhai Jattu, a Bhiva Khatri, and Bhai Mula. The Guru said neither action nor the world be shunned. What was important

DAMODAR, BHAI, a pious Sikh ofSultanpur Lodhi. He visited Amritsar along with the sangat of that town to receive instruction at the hands of Guru Arjan. His name figures among the devotees of the Guru in Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 21. See AKUL, BHAI, and BHIKHA, BHATT

GURBILAS PATSHAHI 10, a poeticized account of Guru Gobind Singh`s career, was completed in 1751, forty-three years after his death. Until it was published in 1968, there were only four manuscript copies of the work known to exist. Apart from specialists, very few had heard of it. The author

JIVANDA, BHAI, whose name is included by Bhai Gurdas among prominent Sikhs of the first half of the sixteenth century, received initiation at the hands of Guru Arigad. As he first visited the Guru, he was accompanied by Bhai Durga and Bhai Lalu. The Guru in the words of

LAL, BHAI, a chaudhari or headman of the village of SurSingh in the parganah of Patti in present day Amritsar district of the Punjab, was led to Guru Arjan`s presence by Bhai Langah, another chaudhari in the same parganah. Bhai Langah had already been initiated a Sikh. It was

MEHRA, BHAI, a hillman, was a devotee of Guru Arjan. The name also figures in Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 23

PAIRA CHHAJJAL, BHAI, and Bhai Kandu Sanghar became Sikhs and waited on Guru Arjan for instruction. The Guru, says Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhdn di Bhagat Maid, advised them to rise early, take a dip in the holy pool, contemplate on the sabda revealed by Guru Nanak and serve others.

RAMA, BHAI, of Jhanjhi caste of goldsmiths who belonged to Shahadra near Lahore, was a pious Sikh of the lime of Guru Arjan. His name is included in Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 24 T.S.

SVAMI DAS, BHAI, a Vadhavan Khatri of Burhanpur, who, according to Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 30, once accompanied the sangat of his town to Amritsar to receive instruction from Guru Hargobind.

BHAGATA, BHAI, an Ohri Khatri, figures in Bhai Gurdas`s roster of the principal disciples of Guru Nanak, Varan, XI. 14. To quote Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhan di Bhagat Mala, Bhai Bhagata, accompanied by Bhai Japu Vansi, presented himself before the Guru and said, "Holy Sir, we are illiterate and