Gurpurab Greetings – Parkash Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Gurpurab Di Lakh Lakh Wadai Hoye Ji.
Guru Arjan Dev the Fifth Sikh Guru compiled the original version of the Guru Granth Sahib. Guru Arjan Dev started collecting the original verses of all the Gurus. He collected original manuscripts from across the country including from families of the previous Gurus. This original edition of the Guru Granth Sahib known at that time as Pothi Sahib was installed on a high pedestal within the Harmandir Sahib ( Amritsar , Punjab ) in August 1604. Guru Arjan Dev seated himself at a lower level and instructed all Sikhs to bow before it. Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru, compiled a new edition of the Granth Sahib. He included all of the hymns appearing in the original edition as well as the hymns of his late father, the Ninth Master Guru Tegh Bahadur. He also included one of his hymns even though he was a great writer and poet. The great task was finally completed in 1705.
Guru Granth Sahib has 1430 pages containing 3,384 hymns; it also includes many couplets. There are 2,218 hymns and couplets written by Guru Arjan Dev, 974 by Guru Nanak, 907 by Guru Amar Das, 856 hymns and couplets by Guru Angad, Guru Ram Das, Guru Tegh Bahadur, and 1 couplet by Guru Gobind Singh the tenth Guru. Guru Granth Sahib is also the only scripture of it’s kind which not only contains the works of it’s own religious founders but also writings of people from other faiths. These writings are contained due to similarity of their message with Gurus message.
Before his joti-jot in 1708 Guru Gobind Singh declared that the Sikhs no longer needed a living Guru and appointed his spiritual successor as Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Guru Gobind Singh felt that all the wisdom needed by Sikhs for spiritual guidance in their daily lives could be found in Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Eternal Guru of the Sikhs.
“AGYA BHAI AKAL KI TABHE CHALAYO PANTH
SABH SIKHAN KO HUKAM HAI GURU MANIYO GRANTH ”
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