Editing Sri Aad Gur Granth Sahib (section)

==Background==
The foundation of the text was laid by Guru Nanak (1469–1539), who during his extensive travels gathered and shared hymns of both his own composition and those of contemporary bhagats and sants whose verses resonated with the vision of divine truth, equality, and devotion to the One. Successive Gurus continued this process, expanding the body of hymns and shaping a collective spiritual canon.

In 1604, the fifth Guru, Guru Arjan (1563–1606), compiled the first recension, known as the Adi Granth. This work established the Sikh scriptural tradition as a distinct institution, bringing together the hymns of earlier Gurus with those of enlightened bhagats, bhatt poets, and other spiritually realized contributors such as Kabir, Namdev, Sheikh Farid, Baba Sunder, Satta and Balwand, whose compositions were acknowledged as Dhur Ki Bani—the Word proceeding from the Divine Source. The completed manuscript was securely installed in the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple).

Later, the tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708), incorporated the hymns of his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621–1675), thus completing the text as it is known today.