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The disciple at Kartarpur

The wall rebuilt three times

Bhai Lehna keeps rebuilding a fallen wall at night while the sons mock him.

Single accountKartarpur1 min read
Fresco of Sri Guru Angad Dev Ji at the Baoli Sahib
A later fresco of Sri Guru Angad Dev Ji above the entrance to the Baoli Sahib, Goindwal, numbered with the Gurmukhi numeral two. Probably 19th century. No portrait from Guru Ji's lifetime is established.Unknown, Probably 19th century, Baoli Sahib, Goindwal. Public domain. Source

Macauliffe tells of a wall at Guru Ji's house that fell one night. When someone asked who would repair it by morning, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji said that Sikhs, not hired masons, should do his work. Only Bhai Lehna stood up.

Each time he got the wall partly built, Guru Ji found fault and told him to pull it down and begin again. Guru Ji's sons told him he was a fool to obey such orders. He replied that a servant's hands were there for his master's work, and Guru Ji told the family they did not know this man's worth.

How do we know?

Only one account tells this story.

This was read only in Macauliffe, who draws on older chronicles not seen for this page.

  • Later traditionNarrates the wall story and the sons' mockery as part of the tests of Bhai Lehna.[Macauliffe]
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"The wall rebuilt three times". Sikh History: lives of the Gurus. https://sikh-history.co.uk/stories/guru-angad-the-wall-rebuilt-three-times/