Bhai Prema, a Khatri of Talvandi. now called Talvandi Chaudharian, in Kapurthala district of the Punjab, was a devout Sikh of the time of Guru Amar Das. He was lame in the leg, yet he daily walked, on crutches, to Goindval, 8 km from his village across the River Beas, with a pitcher of curds for Guru ka Langar. Once the village chaudhan, i.e. headman, snatched in jest his crutches and said, "Thou takest curds every day to thy Guru, but he hath not cured thy leg so far. Why dost thou torture thyself journeying back and forth thus? "Prema replied, The True Guru of mine is competent and compassionate; I rejoice in his will." The chaudhan returned the crutches to Prema but after a great deal of teasing, thus delay ing him on the way. At Goindval, says Sarup Das Bhalla, Mahimd Prakdsh, Guru Ama