DEVI DAS, PANDIT, one of the numerous poets and scholars who kept company with Guru Gobind Singh (See Bavanja Kavi), was born in a Chhibbar Brahman family who had been followers of the Gurus. His father, Hardayal, was the younger brother of Bhai Gavaldas who, according to the Bhatt Vahis, had accompanied Guru Tegh Bahadur during his visit to the eastern provinces; and Bhai Chaupa Singh, author of one of the Rahitnamas, was his granduncle.
