He declared that 'do not touch at all the feet of those who call themselves Guru and fakirs and go about begging.'21 For him there can be no love of God without active service.22 Renunciation or withdrawal from life, which at that time was an integral part of the Indian religious tradition, had no place in the teaching of Guru Nanak.23 So much so that Guru Nanak set aside the claim to Guruship of