CHŪHAṚ, BHĀĪ, a Chaujhaṛ Khatrī of Lucknow, once travelled to Amritsar to see Gurū Hargobind (1595-1644). He, according to Bhāī Manī Siṅgh, Sikhāṅ dī Bhagat Mālā, one day implored the Gurū : "Pray, instruct me, Lord, in what constitutes the root of the Sikh faith. " "Humility is its root, " spoke the Gurū, "service of humanity its branches, saṅgat, i. e. holy fellowship, its foliage and the fruit the understanding of the Word. " Bhāī Chūhaṛ was known as a devoted Sikh who remained absorbed in repetition of the holy Name.