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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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A Discussion Of McLeod And The Kartarpur Bir Controversy: A Second Look
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<blockquote data-quote="vsgrewal48895" data-source="post: 97249" data-attributes="member: 8024"><p><strong>The Kartarpuri Bir;</strong> The custodians of this Bir claim it to be the original “Adi Granth”prepared by Bhai Gurdas under the direct supervision and guidance of Guru Arjan. Being a private property, it is not open to all for inspection. Only a few chosen persons have had access to it.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the controversy surrounding Raag Mala, in the early 20th century, SGPC asked a committee consisting of Bhai Jodh Singh, Principal Ganga Singh and Jathedar Mohan Singh to determine if it was a genuine part or an interloper in AGGS.</p><p> </p><p>The contentions before them were:</p><p> </p><p>1. Ragmala is an integral part of the Bir </p><p> </p><p>2. The Bir fulfills 3 conditions necessary</p><p> </p><p> a) Japu is a copy of one inscribed by Guru Ramdas.</p><p> </p><p> b) The dates of demise of the first to fifth Gurus in it are in Bhai Gurdas’s handwriting.</p><p> </p><p> c) Approval marks of Sudhu and Sudhu Keechai are in Guru Arjan’s handwriting.</p><p> </p><p>3. The discrepancies in actual folio numbers in sabad-tatkara are explainable.</p><p> </p><p>4. The Bir has three Tatkaras, which is a unique feature of this Bir.</p><p> </p><p>The Kartarpur Manuscript has a total number of marked 974 folios (i.e. 1948 pages). The folio </p><p>numbers are written on left-hand pages following the Sanskritic tradition. 226 folios (i.e. 456 pages are completely blank and some other folios are partly blank. Work was still going on even after 1604 CE on a Master Draft. </p><p> </p><p>The present copies are from a Bir lying at Anandpur.</p><p> </p><p>Persons, who examined this Bir;</p><p> </p><p>1. Harnam Das Udasin’s book came out in 1969 and 1972 claiming that this Bir is not the original Bir prepared by Bhai Gurdas under the supervision of Guru Arjan. It is a defective version of Bhai Banno’s version. He doubts the veracity of Guru’s autograph and it contains thousand of errors. He says that this and the Damdami original Birs are not available.</p><p> </p><p>2. Taran Taran Gianis - Ishar Singh, Narain Singh, and Lachman Singh examined this Bir in 1924.</p><p> </p><p>3. Bhai Manna Singh reports 200 text-variants of this Bir.</p><p> </p><p>4. Sant Gurbachan Singh Khalsa.</p><p> </p><p>5. S. Randhir Singh late research scholar of SGPC.</p><p> </p><p>6. Daljit Singh’s work is supportive of Bhai Jodh Singh’s views.</p><p> </p><p>7. Dr.Mcleod mentions that two other Englishmen with Bhai Jodh Singh examined Bir named Dr. </p><p>J.C.Archer and Dr.C.H.Loehlin.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Bhai Jodh Singh’s findings;</strong></p><p> </p><p>1. The Granth has a new margin affixed to it on all four sides and mended at many places.</p><p> </p><p>2. Folio numbers appear on the left side.</p><p> </p><p>3. Folio numbers appearing in the table of contents often differ from those in the text.</p><p> </p><p>4. The Bir has large numbers of blank pages in between the inscribed ones.</p><p> </p><p>5. All the folio-pages that are blank or inscribed have foil numbers, indicating that numbering was done before the hymns were inscribed.</p><p> </p><p>6. Just below certain sub-headings of Raag Asa or Gauri are hanging figures peculiar to this copy.</p><p> </p><p>7. Bir has three Tatkaras: Suchi-patra, Sabd-tatkara and Tatkara-tatkara. This shows where respective ragas figure in the Sabd-tatkara.</p><p> </p><p>8. The suchi-patra lists the presence of two autographs in the Bir, one by fifth Guru and the other by 6th Guru.</p><p> </p><p>9. The Bir has few extra-canonical documents pasted on it, a recipe for converting mercury in to ash (kushta, bhasam) to make it serve as panacea for several diseases.</p><p> </p><p>10. There are numerous discrepancies in the listing of hymns in the tatkaras and their corresponding texts in the Bir.</p><p> </p><p>11. At the close of certain vars the word sudh or sudh keechai appears as proper.</p><p> </p><p>12. The vars have tunes (dhunies) indicated on them.</p><p> </p><p>13. The Bir abounds in numerous cuttings, deletions, additions, and corrections. Corrections at certain places have been made by erasing the previous matter with hartal, the yellow paste, where as many deletions have been effected by penning through the unwanted text.</p><p> </p><p>14. It has only Raag Mala at the end. No other apocryphal matter mentioned in the contents page is available.</p><p> </p><p>15. Five to six hands can be discerned at work in the Bir. These have to be accounted for since it is claimed to be solely written by Bhai Gurdas.</p><p> </p><p>Virinder S. Grewal</p><p>Williamston, MI</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vsgrewal48895, post: 97249, member: 8024"] [B]The Kartarpuri Bir;[/B] The custodians of this Bir claim it to be the original “Adi Granth”prepared by Bhai Gurdas under the direct supervision and guidance of Guru Arjan. Being a private property, it is not open to all for inspection. Only a few chosen persons have had access to it. Due to the controversy surrounding Raag Mala, in the early 20th century, SGPC asked a committee consisting of Bhai Jodh Singh, Principal Ganga Singh and Jathedar Mohan Singh to determine if it was a genuine part or an interloper in AGGS. The contentions before them were: 1. Ragmala is an integral part of the Bir 2. The Bir fulfills 3 conditions necessary a) Japu is a copy of one inscribed by Guru Ramdas. b) The dates of demise of the first to fifth Gurus in it are in Bhai Gurdas’s handwriting. c) Approval marks of Sudhu and Sudhu Keechai are in Guru Arjan’s handwriting. 3. The discrepancies in actual folio numbers in sabad-tatkara are explainable. 4. The Bir has three Tatkaras, which is a unique feature of this Bir. The Kartarpur Manuscript has a total number of marked 974 folios (i.e. 1948 pages). The folio numbers are written on left-hand pages following the Sanskritic tradition. 226 folios (i.e. 456 pages are completely blank and some other folios are partly blank. Work was still going on even after 1604 CE on a Master Draft. The present copies are from a Bir lying at Anandpur. Persons, who examined this Bir; 1. Harnam Das Udasin’s book came out in 1969 and 1972 claiming that this Bir is not the original Bir prepared by Bhai Gurdas under the supervision of Guru Arjan. It is a defective version of Bhai Banno’s version. He doubts the veracity of Guru’s autograph and it contains thousand of errors. He says that this and the Damdami original Birs are not available. 2. Taran Taran Gianis - Ishar Singh, Narain Singh, and Lachman Singh examined this Bir in 1924. 3. Bhai Manna Singh reports 200 text-variants of this Bir. 4. Sant Gurbachan Singh Khalsa. 5. S. Randhir Singh late research scholar of SGPC. 6. Daljit Singh’s work is supportive of Bhai Jodh Singh’s views. 7. Dr.Mcleod mentions that two other Englishmen with Bhai Jodh Singh examined Bir named Dr. J.C.Archer and Dr.C.H.Loehlin. [B]Bhai Jodh Singh’s findings;[/B] 1. The Granth has a new margin affixed to it on all four sides and mended at many places. 2. Folio numbers appear on the left side. 3. Folio numbers appearing in the table of contents often differ from those in the text. 4. The Bir has large numbers of blank pages in between the inscribed ones. 5. All the folio-pages that are blank or inscribed have foil numbers, indicating that numbering was done before the hymns were inscribed. 6. Just below certain sub-headings of Raag Asa or Gauri are hanging figures peculiar to this copy. 7. Bir has three Tatkaras: Suchi-patra, Sabd-tatkara and Tatkara-tatkara. This shows where respective ragas figure in the Sabd-tatkara. 8. The suchi-patra lists the presence of two autographs in the Bir, one by fifth Guru and the other by 6th Guru. 9. The Bir has few extra-canonical documents pasted on it, a recipe for converting mercury in to ash (kushta, bhasam) to make it serve as panacea for several diseases. 10. There are numerous discrepancies in the listing of hymns in the tatkaras and their corresponding texts in the Bir. 11. At the close of certain vars the word sudh or sudh keechai appears as proper. 12. The vars have tunes (dhunies) indicated on them. 13. The Bir abounds in numerous cuttings, deletions, additions, and corrections. Corrections at certain places have been made by erasing the previous matter with hartal, the yellow paste, where as many deletions have been effected by penning through the unwanted text. 14. It has only Raag Mala at the end. No other apocryphal matter mentioned in the contents page is available. 15. Five to six hands can be discerned at work in the Bir. These have to be accounted for since it is claimed to be solely written by Bhai Gurdas. Virinder S. Grewal Williamston, MI [/QUOTE]
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