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82 were trained in the reading on the khari bir; i.e. Banno’s before starting on the authorized bir. As for the Ranjhunjhanra hymn, the heading was inscribed by Bhai Gurdas in the Kartarpur volume but the rest of the text was omitted and the space left vacant as it was rejected by Guru Arjan. This is exactly what happened in the case of the composition called Pran Sangli. The heading was again written in Ramkali Ranjhunjhanra and there is strong possibility that the Shabad was rejected as spurious, with only two lines remaining there. The question of deletion does not arise, because there is no deletion or obliteration in tbe Kartarpur manuscript. Sant Inder Singh Chakravarti, of the Namdhari Sect, which does not believe in the Guruship of Sri Guru Granth .S’ahib and is still carrying on with the tradition of personal Gurus, bas been quoted by the author. But Sant Inder Singh had no first band knowledge of the Kartarpuri Bir and has nowhere stated that he saw or studied that manuscript. The hymn of Mira Bai was inscribed in the Kartarpuri volume but it was crossed out. As for Surdas, only one line is there. There is neither any crossing out nor deletion. These two Bhagats remained, up to the last, devotees of the incarnation of Vishnu. They were not Bhagats of the Nirgun tradition for which reason Guru Arjan rejected their compositions. The tradition of Akhand Path is universally accepted by the Panth and is not as recent as the author seems to suggest. It is also wrong to say.that the Sikh cremation ceremony is performed in tbe presence of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. The printed version is the autborized version accepted by all Sikhs. There may be some printing errors, but it is wrong to say that “the quest for a definitive authorized version is still not quite over.” When I studied the Kartarpuri manuscript, there was no litigation of any kind about it.
83 Mira Bai’s hymn, as already stated, was written but crossed which fact has not been mentioned by the author. I have stated the reason why; because she never became a Bhagat of the Nirgun tridition. The assumption that Guru Arjan composed the Ramkali Shabad and subsequently deleted it is altogether incorrect. I wish to mention one more point. When I had the chance of studying the Kartarpur manuscript, I compared it with the current printed version. I found absolutely no difference between the two texts, except that the Kartarpuri Bir, having been compiled by the Fifth Guru, Guru Arjan, did not contain the hymns of the Ninth Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur. Sd/- (BHAI JODH SINGH) APPENDIX B In Gurdwara Bhai Banno, Jawahar Nagar, Kanpur, there was a most significant copy of Guru Granth Sahib popularly known as “Bhai Banno Wali Bir.” Besides the Bir, there were four Hukumnamas and the Nishans of Guru Hargobind and Guru Har Rai. There was a painting said to be of Bhai Banno and Guru Arjan Dev. We were fortunate enough in having the opportunity to see the Bir and also other significant things. Though we were not allowed to take any photograph of the Bir, but were allowed to take notes of it for a short time. We were also accorded permission to take photographs of the Hukumnamas, Nishans and paintings. The Bir of Bhai Banno has some significant points which are given below: (a) The writing of the Bir revealed that it was written
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CHAPTER 1 Introductory Sikhism is a
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authentic scripture of the Sikhs co
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and kept it with him as a national
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13 Kartarpuri Bir, though he had no
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15 There is no handwritten Bir the
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19 mistakes which in their characte
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27 in the copy all the 1 to 60 Saba
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