1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
2 . Teghbuhadur, on observing this, said,“ Take away
3 these; do you forget that I am not Teghbuhadur
4 the * warrior of the sword,’ but Deghbuhadur the
5 * knight of the cooking-pot V* You must have mis¬
6 taken me for some one else.” This sally of wit, no
7 doubt, operated in his favour, for he not only
8 mounted the throne, but had speedily numerous
9 followers, and become a greater Gooroo than his Teghbuhadur
10 V becomes a
11 lather Hur Govinch He quarrelled with the Sodees* g™* Gooroo,
12 and wanted to drive them out ofBukala, or murder Srsociecs!* 1 '
13 them. At this juncture, Mukhun Shah again ar¬
14 rived from Delhi, and hearing the resolution of the
15 Gooroo, he visited him and endeavoured to reason
16 with him, and convince him of the danger sure to
17 follow such an act. The Gooroo stated that, the
18 Sodeeswere all his enemies, and if he could not rid
19 himself of them, it would be better that he should
20 at once leave the place and accompany Mukhun Goe * to
21 Shah to Delhi. The latter agreed to bis proposal,
22 and they set out for that place
23 Ram Rao, the son of Hurao, was then at Delhi,
24 and hearing of the arrival of his grand uncle Tegh¬
25 buhadur, he informed the emperor of the circum¬
26 stance, who ordered the Gooroo to be brought
27 before him. Some of the courtiers who were
28 favourable to Teghbuhadur, remarked, “He is only
29 a fukeer: what need is there to send for him V’ On
30 heaving these words, Alumgeer forbade his being-
31 sent for. When Teghbuhadur heard this, he left
32 Delhi and went with his family to Petna, After a °° e » t0 i>ctna ’
33 . VOL. I.
34 * Tegh means sword, and Degh a cooking-pot^
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