Sikhism - Culture - Gurmat Veechar

Immortal Guru. It was on 1st September 1604 AD. We must,
however, keep in mind that on this day it was not given the title of
Guru, but was known by the name of Pothi Sahib or simply the
Granth or the Granth Sahib. But the fact that on this day, the
great, original, undiluted scripture was given to the Guru Sikhs
and Guru Sangat, was in itselfa day ofgreat significance.
Then even before the formal Guru Gaddi was bestowed upon'
the Granth', all the Guru Jotes right from Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
showed their great reverence to 'The Granth Sahib'. The day the
1st Parkash was done, on asking from Baba Buddha ji, as to where
the 'Sukhasan' of the Pothi Sahib was to be done, Guru Arjan
Sahib directed that same be done on his 'Palang' bed, and he
himself, slept on the floor by its side throughout his life. The
subsequent Guru Jotes used to do 'Katha' of the shabad with due
reverence, was having daily kirtan sessions in the Oarbars -with the
exceptions when the abnonnal circumstances did not warrant the same
and even was getting recitations (Paths) done when ever there was any
occasion for the same.
Now we come to the question relating to the bestowing of Guru
Gaddi upon Guru Granth Sahib, by lOth Master Nanak, Guru Gobind
Singh Sahib at Nanded in the South. Here again to the naked eye or to
an ordinary person it shall appear, that as Guru Sahib was leaving his
mortal body at Nanded at the young age of42 years, after having been
stabbed by Jamshaid Khan and Gul Khan, the two killers hired by
Nawab Wazir Khan ofSarhind, he bestowed Guru Gaddi upon Granth
Sahib abruptly. But a deeper peep into the subject shall reveal that he
was contemplating to end the human chain ofGurus and was working
on the plan several years before that.
Sometimes nine years before that he had created the Khalsa, and
had passed on the authority ofthe Guru to the 'five beloved ones', by
bowing before them and sought Amrit or 'Khande Baate Oi Pahul'
from them on their conditions. Then sometimes in or around 1706, on
being challenged by the Ohir Mallias, who refused to give the Bir
Sahib to him when demanded, that as he was the Guru and was sitting
on the Gaddi of Guru Nanak, he should get the same rewritten, he
dictated the entire Granth Sahib to Bhai Mani Singh, in the same order·
and spirit the same was originally written, but added the Bani ofthe 9 th
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