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heard Ca'lu' punishing his son for his kindness to the Fakirs. He imme- 

 diately entered, and demanded the cause of the uproar; and, when in- 

 formed of the circumstances, he severely chid Ca'lu' for his condu6t, and 

 interdicted him from ever again lifting his hand to Na'nac, before whom, 

 to the astonishment of all present, he humbled himself with every mark 

 of the most profound veneration. Though Ca'lu', from this event, was 

 obliged to treat his son with more respedl than formerly, he remained as 

 solicitous as ever to detach him from his religious habits, and to fix him in 

 some worldly occupation; and he prevailed upon Jayra'm, his son-in-law, 

 to admit him into partnership in his business. Na'nac, obliged to acqui- 

 esce in these schemes, attended at the granary of Daulet Khan Lo'dI, 

 which was in charge of Jayha m; but though his hands were employed in 

 this work, and his kindness of manner made all the inhabitants of Sultdn- 

 pur, where the granary was established, his friends, yet his heart never 

 strayed for one moment from its obj^dt. It was incessantly fixed on the 

 divinity; and one morning, as he sat in a contemplative posture, a holy 

 Muhammedan Fakir approached, and exclaimed, ** Oh Na'nac f upon 

 " what are thy thoughts now employed .? Quit such occupations, that thou 

 " mayest obtain the inheritance of eternal wealth." Na'nac is said to 

 have started up at this exclamation, and after looking fpr a moment in 

 the face of the Fakir , he fell into a trarice, from which he had no sooner 

 recovered, than he immediately distributed every thing in the granary 

 among the poor;* and, after this a61;, proceeded with loud shouts oiit of 

 the gates of the city, and running into a pool of water, remained there 

 three days, , during which some writers assert he had an interview with 



* This remarkable anecdote in Na'nac's life, is told very differently by different Sihh au^ 

 thors. I have followed the narrative of BtiACTA Malli. They all agree iu Nan Ac's haviag* 

 at this period, quitted the occupatious of the ^vorldj aiid become FaJdr. 



