Compilation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib

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but the real valuable thing of importance to his memory (i.e. Bani), should be wanting! It is still more surprising that we do not even hear of existence of a copy made of the original book. After the Guru, his near ones made every thing of his, a source of their sustenance only. What could have been a better source of income, if they had preserved the book of the Guru? Should we take it that after the Guru’s demise, his elder son, Baba Sri Chand, inherited the book or books? And after a period of 85 years, they were swept away along with Baba Sri Chand by the waters of river Ravi ? The Guru, many months before his final departure from earth, had sent Baba Lehna, after anointing him the successor Guru, to his native village Khadoor, to escape from the opposition he was to encounter.

Baba Lehna did not receive the Book of Guru Nanak’s Bani. In case, he had received it, then it would have been eventually passed on to Guru Arjan Dev. But this did not happen. Sardar Gurbaksh Singh in his article “Search for the Gurus’ Compositions”, began the narration on the correct lines, but soon he lost his way and landed himself in wilderness.

According to G. B. Singh -

(1) In order to escape from the opposition, Guru Nanak directed Baba Lehna to leave Kartarpur.
(2) The books of Guru Nanak Dev were not received by Baba Lehna. If Baba Lehna had received those books, then they would have reached Guru Arjan Dev in due course of time. But this did not happen.
(3) These books were received by Baba Sri Chand. When he died, these books were also thrown in the waters of river Ravi along with the dead body of Baba Sri Chand.

G. B. Singh has faltered at every stage.
The plea of escape from fear of opposition is most frivolous and undesirable. The Guru had openly criticized Muslim officials, Khatri government servants and their sympathizers, Brahmins many times, and asked them to stop exercising tyranny on the poor people.

The Guru pointed out their tyrannical acts as under -– The man eaters say their prayers (Muslim Nirnaz). They who wield the knife wear the sacred thread. In their homes the

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