Baani in Aadh Granth is credited as being Satguru prasad (product of truth). The writer having received it from his satguru within.
This designation requires the reader to also read it in the company of satguru within.
Failure to do so results in the acceptance of ideas that are not satguru prasad. (such as the incorrect english interpretations/translations)
But there are instances where the actual baani text has been incorrectly written due to no gurumatt check being applied.
One such instance is On page 1412-11 where Baani of 3rd mahalla seems to contradict guru matt.
The text written says,
lahore sahar amrit sar siftee daa ghar.
The city of Lahore is the home of praise
This is the only way that sentence can be interpreted. This interpretation contradicts guru matt which tells us all places are equally holy.
As a reader who reads in the company of satguru, this line had left me confused. Could this be an instance of insertion of fake baani into the granth.
I brought this baani up with my colleague, and we got to analyzing this sentence.
He said 3rd mahalla wouldn't be talking about the city of Amritsar as it did not exist then.
But Lahore did. So why praise Lahore.
It turns out he is not talking about Lahore either.
The baani is an artifact created by the space insertors from the 1800s.
Aadh Granth Baani was originally written "larhivaar" withoutspaceslikethissentence.
In the late 1800s when printing presses were being intfoduced they decided to insert spaces between words like in English.
In this baani the spaces were inserted incorrectly.
The actual guru matt based baani reads,
Laaho ras har amrit sar siftee da ghar
Enjoy/take the taste of guru baani (har amrit sar) that is praiseworthy
It has nothing to do with praising Lahore.
The addition of spaces between words that took place in tje 1800s adds another level of discrepency between the intended message of the writer and what we see as the message. Therefore it is really important to look for alternative words that could have been written. The SGPC does not examine baani for guru matt and accepts what was handed to them by mahant institutions.
We should.
This designation requires the reader to also read it in the company of satguru within.
Failure to do so results in the acceptance of ideas that are not satguru prasad. (such as the incorrect english interpretations/translations)
But there are instances where the actual baani text has been incorrectly written due to no gurumatt check being applied.
One such instance is On page 1412-11 where Baani of 3rd mahalla seems to contradict guru matt.
The text written says,
lahore sahar amrit sar siftee daa ghar.
The city of Lahore is the home of praise
This is the only way that sentence can be interpreted. This interpretation contradicts guru matt which tells us all places are equally holy.
As a reader who reads in the company of satguru, this line had left me confused. Could this be an instance of insertion of fake baani into the granth.
I brought this baani up with my colleague, and we got to analyzing this sentence.
He said 3rd mahalla wouldn't be talking about the city of Amritsar as it did not exist then.
But Lahore did. So why praise Lahore.
It turns out he is not talking about Lahore either.
The baani is an artifact created by the space insertors from the 1800s.
Aadh Granth Baani was originally written "larhivaar" withoutspaceslikethissentence.
In the late 1800s when printing presses were being intfoduced they decided to insert spaces between words like in English.
In this baani the spaces were inserted incorrectly.
The actual guru matt based baani reads,
Laaho ras har amrit sar siftee da ghar
Enjoy/take the taste of guru baani (har amrit sar) that is praiseworthy
It has nothing to do with praising Lahore.
The addition of spaces between words that took place in tje 1800s adds another level of discrepency between the intended message of the writer and what we see as the message. Therefore it is really important to look for alternative words that could have been written. The SGPC does not examine baani for guru matt and accepts what was handed to them by mahant institutions.
We should.
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