On a related note: I recently heard a Gurbani katha by Mohinder Singh ji SDO and in it Bhai Sahib ji was mentioning that the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is actually passed on in "
POTHIS"...or what we would call
FOLIOS..( Hence the First Original name of AAD Granth is
POTHI SAHIB.) Pothi means
BOOK..or KITAB in Farsee..so we have Guru nanak ji being called upon to open His KITAAB and show who is better--Hindu or Mussalmaan..and Guru Ji opened His KITAAB and replied..SHUBH amlaan bajoh DOVEH Roiyee...BOTH cry if they are sans Good Actions/habits/living...meaning its not the "person/religion" BUT his ACTIONS/Karams..The "GOINDWAAL POTHIS" also feature in Sikh history...they were the book/FOLIOS. in which Gurbani of First Guru nanak ji, then Guru Angad Ji and then Guru Amardass jI and then Guru Ramdass ji was written down....
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=451
FOLOIOS was an invention that enabled a Big Granth to be written down and managed in a good manner...the individual FOLOIOS were then SEWN together into the One Granth.
2. Another interesting point..the POTHIS/FOLIOS of the AAD GRANTH were arranged RAAG WISE....so there was the
SRI RAAG "POTHI"..
ASA POTHI..RAMKLI POTHI..BASANT POTHI....and Gurbani that was NOT in RAAG - the VAARS for example...was KNOWN by the name of the
POTHI..THUS VAAR ASA KI...is NOT in Raag Asa/or supposed to be sung in Raag Asa..but being recorded in the
Raag Asa POTHI..it is known by that name. (All VAARS are supposed to eb SUNG in Dhadee style to DHUNIS written down in their headings..Asa Vaar is Tundeh asrajeh ki dhunni....and NOT Raag Asa. Thus we can explain the Basant vaar in
Basant Pothi...Ramkali vaar in
Ramkali Pothi. ALL VAARS are SIMILAR..except for Dhunis...
3. This also explains WHY the Original Copy of the Kartarpuri Bir of Pothi Sahib has so many VACANT PAGES..as well as SEVERELY SHORTAGED PAGES. This is becasue Bhai Gurdass Ji was instructed/or himslef took the initiative to Prepare a FOLIO/POTHI of the Raag currently being RECITED by Guru Arjun Ji Sahib...and sometimes Bhai Sahib Ji OVERESTIMATED the Pagaes..and Gurbani finished long before the Particular Raag Pothi/Folio exhausted..hence many many Vacant Khalee Patrehs...while at other times he severely UNDERESTIMATED..and the Gurbani literally OVERFLOWED..and he made do by writing in the margins/empty spaces all over.
THIS FACT is one solid proof that the Kartarpuri Bir is an ORIGINAL...aomeone preparing a COPY would obviously know in ADVANCE the EXACT Pages needed in a particular Folio.Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=451
3. POTHI PARMESHAR KA THAAN....Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji ETERNAL GURU...is in the SAME "physical state"- meaning..POTHI, KITAAB, GRANTH. We should not be overly excited over mere "words"....as many habitually get. Its the SUBSTANCE..the Pio Dadeh Da Khazanah that is of importance...a wise man would look at the
TREASURE and Value it..instead of arguing needlessly over whether to call the container that the TREASURE is in..a box..chest..container..???? The REAL TREASURE Guru ji gave us in Wirasat is GURBANI..not the "pothi/granth"..we are advised by Guru Arjun Ji to KHOL and see..Khol dittah pio daddeh da Khazanah...and follow Gurbani...otherwise we have only ONE "original Pothi" and that is not even in our hands (Sodhis of Kartarpur have it as a personal property)..BUT we DO HAVE the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji GURBANI..which no one can take away from us..its OURS to SHARE with the World...lets do that.
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