This video was the second (but first major) translation project on Traditional Dharmic Truth Seeker. The video was first uploaded on Dec 20, 2020.
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Rehras Sahib at Takhat Suchkhand Sri Abachalnagar Hazur Sahib in Nanded, Maharashtra. The path is recited by Bhai Kashmir Singh Ji (Head Granthi Ji). Almost all of the footage is from the Oct 7, 2020 livestream. Some is from the live simran broadcast. I have personally written or worked on some of the English translations. I’ve used the existing English translations as a basis and refined them in most cases. Early English translations aren’t very accurate and in some cases they are completely inaccurate due to incorrect breaks and lack of similar vocabulary in English. I’ve used some online sources available to help with the research and translation process. The following sources were used as my basis or were particularly helpful:
1. http://www.srigranth.org/
2. https://www.searchgurbani.com/
3. https://beta.igurbani.com/
4. Gurbani Kathas.
This is the Sampooran Rehras Sahib (Sachkhand Sri Hazoor Sahib Di Maryada Anusar) recited at Hazur Sahib till this day. The Sampooran Rehras are Puratan and longer than the new standardized version of Rehras Sahib. The new SGPC promoted post-1920 Rehras Sahib is much shorter and considered incomplete by traditional Sikhs due to its incomplete Chaupai Sahib and very little Dasam Granth Bani. Hazur Sahib’s Rehras is the second longest Sampooran Rehraas Sahib which is similar but slightly longer than the Damdami Taksal’s Rehraas Sahib. The Rehiras Sahibs recited by the Nihang Singhs tend to be even longer. However, the largest Sampooran Rehras Sahib is the one which is said to be the Puratan Rehras Sahib of Takht Kesgarh Sahib which is now preserved by the Nihangs of Tarna Dal Misl Shaheedan at Gurdwara Shaheedi Bagh Sahib in Anandpur Sahib. These Rehras prayers have even more shabads from Sri Dasam Granth Sahib. The Nanaksar Rehraas Saheb is almost entirely identical to the Hazur Sahib one. In fact, Sant Baba Nand Singh Ji of Nanaksar Kaleran performed the Gaggar Sewa at Hazur Sahib, during a 12 year period in which he continued his meditation discipline. Sant Baba Nand Singh Ji established the Nanaksar Rehras Sahib which is almost identical to the Hazoor Sahib version but has a verse or two recited in the Budha Dal version.
This same Rehras was also recited at Harimandir Sahib prior to the 1920s, before the SGPC took over. Unfortunately in the period of the Singh Sabha reforms, the Rehras Sahib in Punjab was gradually cut short between the 1920s and 1930s. At some point in this period, under the SGPC controlled Akal Takhat, the Rehras and Chaupai Sahibs were eventually cut down to the form which is promoted today by the SGPC through their Sikh Rehat Maryada. Saving tradition is very important and luckily Hazur Sahib and Patna Sahib managed to preserve many of the traditional practices started by Guru Gobind Singh Ji. In terms of length the following Sampooran Rehraas Sahebs are listed from smallest to largest:
5. (Namdhari Rehraas)
4. (Taksali Rehraas & Patna Sahib Rehras)
3. (Hazur Sahib Rehras & Nanaksar Rehras)
2. (Buddha Dal/Tarna Dal Rehras)
1. (Puratan Kesgarh Sahib Rehras – Gurdwara Shaheedi Bagh Sahib, Anandpur Sahib)
NOTE: ALL of these mentioned Rehras Sahibs are longer than SGPC’s standard post-reform version published in modern Gutkas and Pothi Sahibs.
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