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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 was shunning evil and temptation, serving others and practising the sacred Word. Bhai Bhullu and others, says Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhan di Bhagat Mala, followed the Guru`s precept and were blessed.

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DALLEVALiA MISL. See MISLS DALLU, BHAI, a Rihan Khatri of Burhanpur, mentioned by Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 30, among prominent Sikhs of the time of Guru Hargobind. See BHAGVAN DAS, BHAi

DIPA, BHAI, a Jatt of Deu clan, once came along with Bhai Narain Das and Bhai Bula to Guru Arigad (1504-52) and begged to be instructed how they could have themselves released from the cycle of birth and death. The Guru, according to Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhan di Bhagat Mala, told them to foll^ the bhakti marga, path of devotional love of God, to the exclusion of the paths of bairag (renunciation), yoga (austerities) and gian (knowledge). Bhakti, he explained, involved complete self surrender to the Will of the Lord.

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ANANTI, MATA, wife of Baba Gurditta and mother of Guru Har Rai, Nanak VII.

BIDHI CHAND, a Khatri by birth, was a devoted Sikh of the time of Guru Ram Das. Bhai Gurdas, in his Varan, XI. 17, describes him as a man "of clear intelligence and of thought undefiled." See MAHANAND, BHAI

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DUNI CHAND, grandson of the well known Bhai Salho (d. 1628), a Dhalival Jatt of Majitha in Amritsar district in the Punjab, was a masand of the Guru`s nominee in the Majha area. A hefty man of immense bulk, Duni Chand led out a band of 500 warriors to Anandpur in 1700 when the Rajput hill chiefs had laid siege to the town. One day it was reported to Guru Gobind Singh that the besiegers were planning to use a drugged elephant the following morning to force open the gate of the Lohgarh Fort. To quote Kuir Singh, Gur Bilas Patshahi X, the Guru said, "I too have an intoxicated elephant, Duni Chand.

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