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Nanak's spiritual magnetism. The Nawab consulted with his brother-in-low Raibular and promptly offered Nanak a job as the manager of the storehouse of Daulat Khan Lodhi. As would be expected, Nanak was very dedicated and sincere as a manager. He always advised his employees to work with honesty. After a few months in this position Nanak purchased a house. His family as well as his close friends Bala and Mardana, were all able to live together in his house.
Each day before the break of dawn, Nanak went for a bath in the River Vei (Bein). After immersing himself in the water, he would absorb into the depths of meditation on the banks of the river. He would then return home and spend time chanting the praises and prayers of God. Only then would he go to work at the court. Once, when Nanak was weighing an order of wheat flour, he counted loudly “one, two, three..." until he reached the number thirteen. At this point he began repeating the word “tera.” In the Punjabi language the word tera means both “thirteen” and “thine”. Nanak was repeatedly calling out the word tera, meaning “Thine! Thine! Thine.” This induced him to become rapt in thoughts of the Divine. Many times he was so overcome with the ecstasy of God that he gave much more wheat flour than was paid for. The customers did not understand his bountiful way.
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