Authenticity of Kartarpuri Bir - Global Sikh Studies

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by one hand except that of Bani of Guru Tegh Bahadur and
not by different hands as it was believed. It was quite visible
by the style of “Ekonkar” written at the start of every rag.
(b) On folio 368, at bottom of the left page where the
Bani of Bhagat Ravidass in Rag Maru ended, there was a shabad
by Mira ‘mn hmwro bWiDE’. It was believed that the same
was available in the Kartarpuri Bir. Similarly on folio 465 there
was slok of Mahlla I, that started as “ijq dr lK muhMmdw
lK bRhmy ibSn mhyS” and on folio 466 slok of Mahlla I
was given that started as “bwie AwqS Awb Kwkiedw jqI
buxsI auniq pY dY pMij tofw drb pwku Kudwie
[“ This bani of Guru Nanak was new one and was not available
anywhere.
(c) The total folios of the bir were 468. In the end, the
sequence of the bani was as under:
Bkqmwlw
hkIkq rwh
mhwmwlw qy
isAwhI dI ivDI
(d) The Bir of Banno had bani of Guru Tegh Bahadur also,
but a careful observation revealed that it was not only written
by different hand but was also of much later period. In this
connection following points were remarkable:
1. The bani of Guru Tegh Bahadur in rag Gauri
was written at the bottom of folio 141 and on
the top of folio 142. It seemed that someone
has inserted the bani in the space, later on.
2. Similarly on folio 192 (on right page) three Shabads
of Guru Tegh Bahadur in rag Gauri were latter
entered “ ibrQw khY kaun isau mn kI ]”
3. On folio 210 (left side) after Dev Gandhari rag of
Mahlla 5, some shabads of Guru Tegh Bahadur in
the same rag were written.
4. On folio 227 (a) (b) the four shabads of Guru Tegh
Bahadur in rag sorath were inserted before the
starting of sorath rag. That clearly ended that it was