Thou art completely filled with the Name, which is wealth
and the nine treasures.
He who slandereth thee shall be ruined.
The people of this world only see with their eyes, but
thou seest afar with thy mind.
Pheru's son the true Guru went and inhabited Khadur
after Guru Nanak.
Chapter V
There resided in Khadur the purse-proud Chaudhri[1] of the Khahiras, who placed himself in opposition to Guru Angad. He used to laugh at the Sikhs when he saw them doing service for the Guru. The Chaudhri had a son who was betrothed in childhood at vast expense. When he grew up he used to drink wine and frequent the society of women of ill fame, and he became an enemy of those who endeavoured to dissuade him from evil courses. Once he fell ill with fever, and epilepsy subsequently supervened. He became insensible and foamed at the mouth. His parents and relations tried every remedy and every form of incantation, burnt incense to exorcise the evil spirits who they thought possessed the patient, but all their efforts were in vain. At last friends suggested to the young man's parents to place him under the Guru's treatment. Persons suffering from various ailments came long distances to the Guru, and all returned to their homes restored to health, so why should not the Guru heal the Chaudhri's son? Moreover, the Chaudhri's family lived near, and a trial at any rate might be made of the Guru's healing power. The young man's parents and friends yielded to the representations made them, and took him to the Guru. The Guru's prescription was not elaborate. He ordered the patient to abstain from wine, serve
- ↑ The headman of a village. There were originally four (chau) men in whom confidence was placed (dhar); hence the name.
