Guru Nanak the founder of Sikhism was

born in a critical period of Indian history.

On the one hand, the people were divided
into castes, sects and factions; on the other
the Muslim rulers perpetrated atrocities on
•
the Hindus and the weaker sections of
society. The masses in their hardships and
miseries cried for a saviour. Nanak came·as
God's messenger in the common man's hour
of dire need.
It was a period of transition from
medievalism to modernism. Men of
action and men of thought explored
the world of matter and spirit. Guru Nanak
revealed the secret of man's spiritual
potentiality. At the same time, he accepted
the struggles and hardships of life and
pioneered a movement of reform in social
and religious conduct. The means by which
he reformed the dregs of society were
argument, conviction and personal example.
His followers called 'Sikhs' formed a group
of God-fearing men and women devoted to
the service of the people. He laid down
simple rules of conduct through which man
could lead a humane and meaningful life
and find his-. own fulfilment. He was revered
alike by Hindus and Muslims. His life is an
inspiring example of the practice of truth ,
love and humility.
Script approved bl( Shlromani Gur'CI_ra
Prabandhak Committee, Aml'itaar .

Amar Chltra Katha is a contlnumg senes.

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 WHEN HE IMo'IS BORN, PEOPLE FLOCKED n::i "tHEIR (5000
",..-:---;-.---
WHAT A SEE,
CHARMING HOW HE
BAB~! SMILES.

THE FAMILY PR.IEST, HAR..?AYIlL

WAS IMPR.E5SEP BY THE
BABy'5 HOR.05COPE.

WHAT WILL NANAK

'YOU CALL AFTER HIS
HIM? SISTER
NANKI.

THE CHILP
WILL BE A GREAT
SEER AN17
PROPHET.
HIS FAME
WILL SPREA17
FAR AN17
WI17E.

NI'NKI LOVE.? HER BI'\8)1-BR..OTHER, WI\itP SOCW €i.eEIIII liP INTO

A. CHEeRAUL, r-~----------~
HEALTHY, r:::~~ HOW GENE.ROUS!" ~~~-I
BOY. HOW LIKE A
SAINT HE.
LOOKS!

CAN I "'r-I~t<'t:.
1= c4r THEM WITH
MY FRIEN17S?
 TIi?If7A 700 WAS HAPPY 70 NANAK TOOK 7l-IE ~ ~p
SEE hOW t5ENEIi?OUS NANAK !ZAN TO HIS FIi?/ENPS.
WAS. .------------------M
WH~ NOT! THERE IS
I-----i SEE WHAT
_ - 4 ENOU<3H FOR ALL I HAVE! •
OF 'YOU. 5EE WHAT
THANK I HAVE!

ANO HE BEGAN O/STR/8UnN6 THE IlS SOON AS 7l-IEY HAP

5W1EET5.r-------~------~----~ EATEN THE SWEETS_
MOTHER MMM !
GAVE ME COME LET'S I'M IN
ENOUGH FOR RUN NANAK'S
ALL OF US . RACES! TEAM .
 AT THE PONP_

I' VE HA[7 ENOU6H! LET'S 60 COME, LET'S SI N6

LET'S REST. TO THE THE NAME OF 6017.
PON~. <YOU LEAI7. •

ALL OF THEM SANG SUT

NI"lNAk's I?OIC£ CI"lRRtEP
THE MOST FERVOUR.

AT THAT MOMENT RAt BLlLAR. RAI BULAR, UNOB5ERIIEI?, GAr ON

THE MUSLIM LANl?LORl? R:JR THE GRASS, FORGETTING THE
WHOM NANAk'S I"i"lTHER. MATERIAL WOIUI? AS I-IE LOS T
WORkEp, Wlls PI"lSSING HIMSELF IN THE I?IIIINE SONG.
THIIT WilY. r - - - - - - - o
WHAT A
MEL0[710US VOICE!
HOW 5OOTHIN6 THE
WaRl7s. NANAK. IS NO
ORl71 CHIL~.
WHEN NANAK WAS SIX He WAS AN EXCELLENT PUPIL ANt:>
YEARSOLP r-~------~~ SOON MASTEREO ALL THeRE WAS
SON, IT IS TO LEARN.
TIME ~OU --,........J NANAK I
5TARTEP' 170ES NOT MUST
SCHOOL. NEEI7 ME SPEAK
AN~""ORE. TO HIS
FATHER.

SO HE WENT TO MEHTA KALLI. AFTER HE LEFT-

'>lOUR SON IS·AN . IT IS NOT 6000 TO LEAVE

EXCEPTIONAL NANAK II7LE. I SHALL
CHILP'. HE HAS MAKE HIM
MASTEREI7 ALL LEARN
THAT I CAN PERSIAN.
TEACH HIM .
 BUT THE SAME THIN<3 HAF"PENEP WITH NANI\K.
THE P£.Ii?SIAN TEACHER. . NANAK. MA5TER£.P ABOUT TEN YEARS OLO.
ALL WITHIN A SHORT PERiOP ANP HIS
TEACHER. BR.OUgHT filM BACK. TO MEHTA IT IS TIME NANN<. I SHALL ASK
. . KALa HAD HIS SACRED HARDAYAL TO
THREAD SUGGEST AN
CEREMONY. AUSPICIOUS
DATE.

THE PATE WAS FIXEP ANP ALL NE/6HBOURS, FRJENP5 ANO RELATIVES
WE~/NWTEP. THE CE~~NY B€6AN. r---------------~~------~

THE MOMENT HARPAYAL TOOk. THE SACREP THREAP TO P/./T IT OVER.

NANA.k~ NECK. ... , - - - - - - - V - ' 1 O
WAIT, SIR. WILL IT MAKE ME 60017
WHY MGl5T I WEAR AND KIND?
 THEN IT IS OF NO U5E TO ME.
GIVE ME INSTEAI7 THE 5ACREI?
THREAI7 OF MERCv
ANI? CONTENT-
MENT!

ALL PIZESENT WEIi!E CONVINCEP ABOUT

THE TRUTH OF
HIS utAeP5. MERE RITUALS
MEAN
NOTHING.

AFTER THI5, NANAK WANPEREP WITH HIS

FRIENP5 BUT SPENT LESS TIME ON
PLAY ANI? MORE TIME IN SINISINIS
RELIISIOUS SONG5 IN THE
COMPANY OF fiOLY MEN.
MEHTA KALli WAS WORRIEI? IF HE CONTINUES
THIS WA'Y, I'M
HE HAS NOTHING LEFT TO AFRAIl7 HE'LL
LEARN. HE HAS DEFIEl7 BECOME
TRA17ITION ANl7 'YET AN I17LER.
CONVINCE17 THE EL17ERS.

I KNOW WHAT. MEHTA K/lLU CALLE!? NANAK TO

I'LL MAKE HIM HIM. r------,------------~~~
TEN17 CATTLE. SON, YOU
MUST KEEP
THAT'S IT. HE 'YOURSELF BUSY
WILL BE 170ING SOME WILL 'YOU TAKE
USEFUL WORK. AT THE CHAR6E OF
SAME TIME HE CAN GRAZIN6 THE
BE IN THE FOREST CATTLE '?:"---.dIUlll1L
WHICH HE LOVES
50 DEARLY. ~""

WITH
PLEASURE,
FATHER.
50 EVER.">' MO/2N/M5 NANAK TOOK.
TO GRAZE.

ONE PAY AS NANAK. LAY IMMERSEP IN HIS THOU<8HTS OF 600, THE

cATTLE WANJ)ER£O /N70 A FIELD NEARB'Y.

THE ANtSRY FAIU1ER COMPLNNEP 70 RAI BULAR..

KAlU'S CATTLE
HAVE EATEN MY
CROPS. I WANT
JUSTICE.
 RAI BlILAR WAS UNHAPPY. EXCUSE ME, SIR . WOULV'N'T
HE WENT TO KALU ANt? IT BE PROPER FI RST TO
TOLP HIM WHAT HAt? SEE THE FIELP'.
HAPPENEP.

'YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE

000V' THE LOSS. THAT
IS ON L'1 FAIR .
~--mr-:::r::::::::

THEY WENT 70 THE FIELt? AND NANAk CONTIN-

ANt? LO! r------~~-I UED TAKING THE
TH E CORN 15 CATTLE OUT AS
UNTOUCHE17. YOU HAVE USUAL.
WA5TED OUR TIME FOR
NOTHIN6 .

ONE SUCH PAY, OVERCOME BY THE A COBRA

HEAT, NANAK FELL ASLEEp' THE SUN~ 5L1THEREl?
RAYS FELL HOT OUT OF A
UPON HIM . HOLE.
NEARBY.
 ••• ANt? COMMItS UP TO NANAk.,
SPREAt? ITS HOOt? OUT TO
SHADe HIS FACe.

NANAK 16 IN
PANGER. I MUGT
SAVE HIM.

HE W/lLK:EP CAI.lTl0U6LY BUT AS SOON AS THE C080'l SAW

TOW.ARPS NANAK . HIM IT SLIP BACK INTO 175 HOLE.

NANAK
SHOULV' NOT BE
TREATEV' A6 AN
OR[7INAR'j CHIL[7.
HE 15 A
SAINT.'
 •
AFTER 7H/s FOR A SPELL NANAK BI.IT WHEN THE VAIl? CAME_
BECAII/E MO..eDSE ANI? MOOI?Y
ANC> WOUll? NOT EVEN 60 OUT ~OU WILL NOT BE ABLE
TO H::NI? THE CATTLE• .-------1 TO HELP ME. HE WHO
HAS GIVEN ME THE
I v"oNDER WHAT'S COME ACHE ALONE CAN
OVER HIM. I CAN NO CURE ME.
LONGER BEAR HIS
MOO17~ 1'1 E~S~S::.._ _-""'-.......
LET'S CALL
IN THE
VAl D."

KALU MADE ANOTHER ATTEMP7

TO INTEREST NANAi<: IN AN
OCCUPATION.

~I6ATION YOU ARE NOW GROWN-UP,

1IIf~~·H.1.5 OLP sel.,~ ANt? SHaUll? STAND
ON 'YOUR OWN
WHAT A RELI EF FEET.
TO SEE HIM
OUT OF IT.

~ES IT IS
60017 TO SEE
HIM CHEERFUL
A6AIN.
TAKE THIS MONE'1. 60 TO NANAK. TOOK. THE MONEY ANP
THE MARKET ANI? STRIKE SET OUT WITH HIS FRIENO BALA.
A600D ON THE WAY-,....------:------f'
BAR6AIN ~ BALA. SEE HOW
~""~IJ. WEAK AND HUNGRY
, h:.-..-~"""";'THE:Y LOOK.
THEY'VE
BARELY
ANY

50 HE WENT 70 THE WHAT BETTER

MARKET ANt:> BOtI('f;ff7 BARGAIN
SOME FOOP ANt:> COULD
CLOTHES ... I STRIKE?

WHEN HE RET(.IRNECJ HOME, MEHTA KALU RAN OUT TO MEET

HIM.
HOW DID '1OU
fI\';!~12 FAAE,MY SON ('
rfi~f)' WHAT WAS
..t 'K)UR PROFIT?
 WHEN NANN:: TOLl:' HIM WHAT HE HAP PONE WYTH ?HE
~~~ ~E~
HOW DARE ';'OU
WASTE M';' THERE 15 NOTHING
HAR17-EARNE17 MORE PROFITABLE
MONEY? THAN FEE17IN6
THE POOR

NANKI ANI? HER HUSBANI?- <fill RAM WE!eE AT HOME ON A VISIT.

FATHER! NANAK.,COME
FATHER! . WITH ME.
STOP!

WHEN IiMI SULAIi!! HEA!i!!I? Or

THE INC//?ENT_ I\!!:":':'~ -~
NANKI TOO HAOA 6U55ESTION. THE P~5AL. WII5 ACCEPT!?P ANe>
NI'WAK WAS MARIVEP 7V SULAKHNI
I THINK WE 5HOULD GET HIM IN 1488. 7HE~ WAS fSREAT
MARRIED. SULAKHNI, REtKJICIN(8 IN THE FAM'L Y.
MOOLCHAND'S
[:lAUGHTER,
WOULD BE
A GOOD
MATCH!

A SWEET GIRL.
LET'to> HOPE SHE
SUCCEEI7S IN MAKING
NANAK A PRACTICAL
ANI? WORLDL'Y ,MAN

MA.ePIlNA, NANA.t::'5 FeleNP. CAME TO THE WEt?PIN6.

WHAT GIFT WILL 'YOU

~'GIVE ME TO RE.ME.MS:ER
THIS
OCCASION

WHAT 61FT CAN

BE MORE APT
FOR 'YOU THAN
AN IN's :rRUMENT
TO MAKE MUSIC
WITH!? YOU CAN
HAVE. THIS
REBECK.

THE 61FT WAs NOT FOR MARt?ANA ALONE. rOR IN THe ElleNIN6S,
ArTEe TffE P/lYS WORK, N/lNAK wOULP HU,e,ey TO <lOIN MARP/lNrI
ANP, T06ETHe,e THeY WOULO SlN6 THE PRAISES or GOO
MANY LOl/ERS Or 60P ANt? MLiSIC <IOINEt? THeM ANt?
NANAK'S FAME SPREAl?
MEANWHILE.,.JAI RAM, WHO LM'l5 IN THE COURT OF f7I:lLlLAT KHAN LOfJl, SOON
FOUNfJ AlANAI<. A .J.(JB. r----~------..~-r-------_l
WE SHALL APPOINT
THIS IS NANAK ABOUT .. MINI AS A STOREKEEPER
WHOM I SPOKE TO IN THE STATE
'IOU . GRANAR'i'.

HE CONTINUE/? SE.eIllN6 IN THE STATE GeANA~ FOe 7WELIlE YEARS

THEN-
I7AULAT KHAN
15 PARTIAL
TO NANAK k
. ~Jt<,.I
.

LET US
TURN THE KHAN
A6AINST
HIM ...
50 THEY WENT 7V ?HE I::HIiN. THE ACCOUNTANT SOON 0<: ._1

SIR, NANAK IS SQUANDERING EVERYTHING

THE STATE STORES. AT THIS IS IN
RATE THERE WILL BE . OR!7ER, S IR.
t-JOTHIt-JG LEFT It-J THE

HAVE THE STOCK5

IN THE 6RANAR')'
CHECKE!7!

THE KHAN WAS FL/RIOL/S BUT, !"OIZ NIiNAk

WITH THE CONSPIJ0l7V.es. THIS WAS 77-fE
LIMIT.
'YOU'VE MA!?E A
BASELESS I H A VE HA!7
INT. BUT ENOU0H OF
I'LL SPARE 'IOU WORL.[7L.'>'
THIS TIME.GO JOBS.
AWAY, YOU
MEN!

ONE VIiY AS I.I5U1'lL HE SET OUT FOR THE STReAM , 7D BATHE.

NANICI CAMe 70 HIS HERE ARE SOME HE.. ·HE···HA5 NOT
HOME IN THE r---'-: SWEET5 FOR ... COME HOME YET.
WH'i ? WHAT'5
THE MATTER '?

e:'ON'T CR'I. WE WILL 5ENe:' &IT AFTER. }\ VAIN 5E.i'\.0'::H._1

OUT A 5EARCH PART'I.
5ORR'I, THERE 15
NO SIGN OF HIM.

THEZ WHOLEZ FAMILY WAS THEN Sl./PPENLY ON TNE THIRP PI'I>'_

STEEPEP IN GLOOM.
Or-) ! NANAI<! WHERE e:'117 'IOU
. NANAI<! VANISH?
GURU NANAK: TOL!:> HIS TALE. I HAVE RECEIVEl? A l?IVINE
COMMAN l? TO 60
OUT INTO THE
WORLl7 ANCl TEACH
MEN THE PATH
OF LOVE AN!?

AN!:> GURU NANAK. BE6AN HIS UWEN ~E I(Ht'IN HeAR&' THE

TEACHIIV6S. .a::l~~'Nr HE SENr POIi!
THERE 15 NO GURU NANAA:" . .
HINOU OR
MUSSULMAN!

HOW l?ARE
HE SA'l SUCH
THINGS~ I SHALL
COMPLAIN TO
THE KHAN.
 THEN COME ANt? PRAY liT THE MOSQUe THe I<AZI LeV
WITH US AT THE THE PRAyE.e. ...
MOSQUE.
I
!

THE KAZI, ANV ALL 7l-IE OTHeRS BOTH THE KAZI ANO THE
we.ee AN~.ey. WERE CONVINCEO.

17117 YOU COME HE IS 6IFTEt?

HERE ONL'I TO WITH TRUE
IN5ULT US? KNOWLEP6E.

NO. NEVER .
BUT HOW CaULP
I JOIN YOU IN PRA'IER
WHEN 'IOU WERE
THINKIN6 ABOUT 'YOUR
NEW-BORN COLT ANt?
NOT ABOUT 6017 '?
 MASTER, I. WILL
ACCOMPAN~
MAR17ANA, I CAN NO 'IOU.
LONGER PELA'I M~
WORK. I MUST
LEAVE. HOME TO
SHOW MEN THE
PATH OF LOVE
AN17 SERVICE.

WHEN 6UteU M'INAK ANI7 WHAT ABOUT

8/coKE THE NEWS ~OUR I7UT~ TO
TO HIS pr/,;e£,N7.5 ~OUR WIFE ANI7
CHILI7REN?

'YOU'RE OUR ONL'l

SON. IF 'YOU 60,
WHO WILL COMFORT
US IN OUR OL17 A6E

NIWAK. WAS SILENT FOte A MOMENT. TI-IEN_

HE WHO HAS AS516NEI7
ME THIS TASK WILL ~~)~-'--:~
TAKE CARE OF ..
ALL OF yOU.
HI6 PAIi!ENTS W.eeE ALMOST THEN TAI<.ING LEAVE. OF HIS
CONltlNCEP. BUT NOT NANKI FAMILY'"
IINI7 sULIlKHNI.
IF YOU 60 AWAY WHO
WILL CONSOLE SULAI<HNI, THE
60'Y5 ANl7 ME, IN TIMES OF
. TROUBLE?
,-,..--MI!!II

I 5HALL ALWA'Y5 BE
WITH 'YOU IN
SPIRIT. IF EVER 'YOU
NEEl7 ME I WILL
COME TO 'YOU.

.. ·HE WALf<.ECJ WITJ..I MAIi?P,ANA THE HUT BELON6EO A POOle.

FROM VILLAGE TO VILLA6E CAIi!.PENTER CALLEP LALO.
TILL THEY REACHEO SAJOPL/R .
MAY WE REST MASTER, ENTER
HERE FOR ANP GRACE M'Y
A WHILE? HUMBLE HUT
~~1
IN A SHOICT 17ME "THE GURU'S STAY AT L.AL.O·S HUT BECAME THE
TAL.KOF"THE n7WN. r---------------------------~------------_4
ANP LALO
THEY 5A'I THAT BELON6S TO
THE MA6TER A LOWER
PREFERRED CASTE THAN
LALO'S THE MASTER.
HUMBLE
HUT TO THE
MANSIONS OF
THE RiCH
·MEN of
THE TOWN.

PEOPLE GATHERE/? AROlINI? lZ>URU NANAK ANP MARPANA 70 HEAR

THEM SPEA;:: ANI? 6/A/6. ~------:?-o::::--......,

MALIK BHAISO, THE RICH WHEN tSV.eL.l NANA;:: WAS BROL.l6H,_

APMINISTRATOR OF SIIll?PtlR
INI/ITE/? THE Gl./.eL.I TO HIS HOLY SIR,WHY DID YOU
MANSION. REFUSE MY HOSPITAL-

THE MASTER
.
1Ty?

REFUSES TO
COME .

E>ET ME SOME
SWEETS
FROM 'YOUR ·
THEN USE FO'RC:E TABLE. I'LL
BUT BRINE> HIM! E)("PLAIN.
GURU NANAK TOOA:: OUT A PK.Y Cl?t.lST LALO'S BREAt" WAf'> EARNEt"
OF SI?EAl?, WHICH HE HAP BI?OlI6HT BV HARt" WORK SWEETs
FI?OM LALO's HOUSE ANI? WERE 6OU6HT'~'=o,"'"
SWEeTS FK'OM •.. OUT OF THE;:.,t"::::;;;~
TOIL ANt" \l
SWEAT OF
THE POOR •

.•. 8HAGO'S TABLE ANP 5QUEEZEP

BOTH. PROPS OF MILK. FELL FROM
THE BREAP ANP PROPS OF
BLOOP FROM THE SWEET5 .

BHA60 WAS HUMBLE/? HE BeCAME CONTK'ITE.

HOL'! SIR, I SHALL GIVE

MY ILL-60TTEN WEALTH
BACK TO THE POOR ANt"
NEEV'Y.I SHALL SPENV
THE REST OF M'I VA'IS
SERVIN6 THEM.

GURU NANAK ANP MA.ePANA CONTINUEO

THEIK' cJOUK'NEY TILL THEY!?EACHEO
HARPWA!? THE!?E_ .--....,---- - -- -----1

WE ARE THROWING
WATER TOWARVS THE
SUN FOR THE 50ULS
OF OUR ANCESTORS.
GURU NANAK PIP Nor SAY A HOW IF TH E WATER 'IOU
WORP Bur BENT POWN ANP FOOLISH SPRINKLE CAN REACH
&<8AN THROWINt:5 WATER IN THE HOW THE SUN WHICH 15
OPP061TE PIR£CTION. CAN MILLIONS OF MILES AWA'1,
THIS SuREL'l Tf'lIS WATER CAN
WATER REACH M'1 FIELl/S WHICH
REACH ARE BUT A FEW HUNDRF171
'i'OUR MI !
FIELr:>S?

lAM
WATERI N6 M'i'
FIELl/S IN THE
PUN-.JAB!
REALlSIN6 THE TRUTH OF HIS
STATEMENT, THE PILSRIMS
RETURNEP HOME, WISER MEN.

IlURING HIS WIPE TRAVELS, HE ENLl6HTENEO ANOREFORMEO MANY SOULS.

AMOloJ6 THEM WERE SAJJAN, THE THUG;KAUDA,THE CANN/BALjANONURSHAH.
71iEN <5tI.eu NANAA:: I'M TIRE17 AN17
TUIiiWEl? NOIii!7H_ SLEEP'Y,
WEST 7VWA.ePS MAR17ANA.
THE MtI5LIM LET'S REST
COUNTRIES. FORA
WHEN THEY WHILE.
R£ACHEP
MECCA_

StlPPENI.. Y AN IRATE HOW 17ARE "i'OU POINT

VOICE' AWOKE NANAK. 'lOUR FEET
TOWAR17S
THE I<AABAf

TO ME THE WHOLE
WORL17 15 THE
HOUSE OF GOV.
NOW TURN MY
FEET TO WHERE
GOP 15 NOT!

THE KAZI WAf> ABASHEP ANP HAP

TO AtS.eEE ANI? (!illlE IN.
FROM MECCA I5l.IRt.I NI'INAK: lIN/? BtIT'1'IU!5 1'1 6CENE OF
MARPANA iJl5ITEl? 8A6Hl?Ap, PES'!IUICT/ON MET mEM.
TURK:EY IINP AF6liANI5TIIN ANl?
!HEN RETt.lR.NEP 70 INl?IA,IN 152/. WHAT'€> THE
MATTER?
LET'S 60 BACK . WHERE'5
TO LALO's HOME EVER'iONE'?
ANP 5EE HOW
• HE FARE5 .

THE MU6HAL BABAR INVAPEI7

OUR TOWN . WE RE515TEI7.
TO PUNI5H US HE ORI7EREI7 A
MASSACRE OF THE PEOPLE .

•
J.1I5T THEN 1'1 FEW MUt!>HAL THEY WE/i!E TH/i!!OWN INTO A CELL
5OLPIER5 MARCHEl? UP. WHEIi!E II NUMBER OF MEN ;'tNl?
WQ41EN WERE MAl?E 7D 6/eINl?
ROUNP THEM COIii?N ON HEAIlY STCWE5.
UP, THE
INFII7ELS ! OH! AH! I'M ABOUT
TO PIE . I CAN'T
. WORK THE MILL
AN'Y LONGER!
WfiEN Cf7URtl NANAK 8AW THE BABAR fi£AR£? TH£ SONe; ANt?
PLII!5HT Or THE PleISONER5, HE WAS £?£EPLY MOllEt::>.
WA5 OVERCOME BY COMPA8510N.
AN£? BROKE OUT INTO A 5At? HAUNTIN0 VOICE CUTS
SONI!5. r-~-------------------1 THROUGH MY HEART.
LORP! 170 'YOU HAVE WHO IS THE 5IN0ER'?
NO PITY FOR THESE BRINE> HIM TO ME!
FORTUNATE ONES?

6URU NANAK. WAs BROUf5HT BErORE BABAR.

WHAT MAI?E
YOU SIN0
THAT SON0'?

I WAS CALLlN6 ON
0017 TO WITNESS THE
INJUSTICES METEV'
OUT TO HIS CHILt7REN.
BA8A12 WAS o HOL'! MAN,
FULL OF REMO/2SE. WHAT SHOUL17 I DO?
AOVISE ME.

SET THE PRISONERS

FREE AN17 RESTORE
THEIR PROPERT'!
TO THEM.

BA8A12 IMMEP/ATEL Y OBEYEP AFTE12 THIS 0URLI NANAK

THE COMMANP. ...--------< MAPE A PECISION. HE WAS
HOL'l MAN, I'VE NOW 52 YEARS OLI?
PONE AS YOU BA17E
ME. PRAY BLESS ME I MUST PRACTISE
THAT I BECOME THE AS A HOUSE-
EMPEROR ' OF IN17IA. HOL17ER,ALL
THAT I HAVE
PREACH EO.

'YOUR WISH WILL BE

FULFILLE17. BUT REMEMBER
TO BE A JUST RULER
WHOSE SOLE INTEREST
IS THE HAPPINESS OF
HIS PEOPLE.
50 HE CAeT OFF HIS ORAN6E ~OBEs AND SETTLED !?OWN TO A
FMMER\;; LIFE AT
KARTARPUIi?-.

HE ESTA8L1SHED A COMMUNITY KITCHEN Of!.

'LANGill? 'WHE.eE ALL WERE' WELCOME.

SIR,15 THERE WE HAVE ENOU6H

ROOM FOR ROOM FOR ALL
ME '? WHO WISH TO WORK
ANI7 EAT. IT IS oNL'lI
II7LER5 FOR WHOM
WE HAVE NO ROOM.

IN THE E()ENIN<!>S ALL WOULD ONE PAY,GURU NANAX: WANTEIJ TO

COLLECT IiRQUNt? guRU HANAK TEST HIS C?ISCfPLES TO APPOINT A
ANP HIS ASSOCIATes. SUCCESSOR.
MY BOWL HAS
COME, M'Y SONS . FALLEN INTO
LET'S BE61N THE SEWER.
51NGIN6 THE
PRAISES OF 6OD.
WITHOUT HESITATIN6.LEHNA. ONE OF 6U/?U NANAK. MAOE HIS
HIS DISCIPLES, BROUGHT OUT TIlE DECISION• .
BOWL. . r--~-_.J: t-lEITHER OF MY .
GURU,HERE SONS CAN
15 YOUR
BOWL.
~~:::~~6ECOME
~
GURU
AFTER ME.
LEHNA,MY
MOST
FAITHFUL
DISCIPLE,
SHALL BE MY
,....
...~,
5UCCESSOR.

ONE EVEN/Alf!L
I APPOINT
LEHNA AS MY
SUCCESSOR.
HE WILL BE
CALLEI/
GURU ANGAl?
THEN ON SEPTEMBE12 I HAVE COMPLETE~
2.2, 1539 6URU NIlNIlI<. M'Y LIFE'S WORK.
FELL l?EEP IN70 I MA'Y NOW
MEl?/TATION. GIVE UP
M'Y B017'Y.

lIN!? 0UR.U NANAI( WAS

NO MORE. TH£ MUSLIMS
AN!? H/Nl?LlS QUARR£LLEP
OVER THE V/SPOSAL
OF HIS BOl?Y~

HE SHALL BE
BURIE17.

NO. WE 5HALL
CREMATE
HIM.

THEY TVtS<8E// AT THE SHEET. ANP LO!

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