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I would tend to agree with Ambarsaria ji on this point. The devtas mentioned in Sri Guru Granth Sahib are really not instruments of the Sat, nor executives of the Sat, nor are they idealized representations of spiritual states, nor are they sevadhars of the Sat. They are embedded in shabads where Gurus were teaching, with many shabads indeed linked to Guru Nanak's travels through India. They are cited because Gurusahiban were speaking to followers of these devtas, and teaching a different perspective, a more liberating perspective. Always with respect Guruji addresses these Hindu images of godliness, NEVER with scorn and ridicule, BUT when we look at the rehao lines and the closing tuks of the shabads we discover that these are not propaganda for an interfaith merging of some kind.