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The Historical tardition being passed down about how the banno Bir came about is that Bhai banno was given / undertook the responsibility of BINDING the POTHI SAHIB at LAHORE. On the way to lahore..he took a DETOUR to his village, and there he got prepared a COPY of the Original Pothi Sahib and after BINDING BOTH of them, he returned to Amrtisar where Guru Arjun ji discovere that Bhai banno had ADDED unauthorised banis/shabads to his COPY. Guru Arjun ji immediately issued an INJUNCTION...Bhai banno - YOU have added SALT into the sweet Ambriosal nectar. From henceforth YOUR COPY of the Pothi Sahib will be called KHAREE BEER (salty)..2. Now the question in my mind is why would copyists even take the trouble to make copies of a REJECTED copy ?..unless that was the intention anyway...3. Also note that Guru Arjun ji just gave his comment - Kharee Bir and stopped at that. Had he been like todays "Jathedars" he would have undoubtedly EX-communicated Bhai Banno and BURNED his bir.4. It has also been debated that Guru Arjun ji just had this ONE copy of the Pothi sahib completed after a long ardous period time and expense...why would he just pass this invaluable one only manuscript to anyone to take to lahore to bind it ? Amritsar was a growing city by then..surely it had competent binders ? It does sound odd. Guru ji could jst call nay of the best binders to come bind the pothi in amritsar.
The Historical tardition being passed down about how the banno Bir came about is that Bhai banno was given / undertook the responsibility of BINDING the POTHI SAHIB at LAHORE. On the way to lahore..he took a DETOUR to his village, and there he got prepared a COPY of the Original Pothi Sahib and after BINDING BOTH of them, he returned to Amrtisar where Guru Arjun ji discovere that Bhai banno had ADDED unauthorised banis/shabads to his COPY. Guru Arjun ji immediately issued an INJUNCTION...Bhai banno - YOU have added SALT into the sweet Ambriosal nectar. From henceforth YOUR COPY of the Pothi Sahib will be called KHAREE BEER (salty)..
2. Now the question in my mind is why would copyists even take the trouble to make copies of a REJECTED copy ?..unless that was the intention anyway...
3. Also note that Guru Arjun ji just gave his comment - Kharee Bir and stopped at that. Had he been like todays "Jathedars" he would have undoubtedly EX-communicated Bhai Banno and BURNED his bir.
4. It has also been debated that Guru Arjun ji just had this ONE copy of the Pothi sahib completed after a long ardous period time and expense...why would he just pass this invaluable one only manuscript to anyone to take to lahore to bind it ? Amritsar was a growing city by then..surely it had competent binders ? It does sound odd. Guru ji could jst call nay of the best binders to come bind the pothi in amritsar.
