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Revealed by Guru Arjan Sahib (1563-1606 CE) in Rag Gauri, this composition is recorded on page 296 to 300 of the Guru Granth Sahib. It has seventeen pauris. There is one salok with every pauri, which is also uttered by Guru Arjan Sahib. Apart from the thirteenth pauri, which has ten lines, all other pauris have eight lines each. A two-line stanza of ‘rahau’ is also recorded after the eighth line of the first pauri. Similar message is conveyed in the saloks and pauris of the composition. Saloks usually are short. Hence, in a salok, thoughts are captured just like the ocean is in a pot. On the other hand, in the pauri, the same thought is explained in detail. Based on the fifteen days of the lunar calendar, this composition comes immediatel ...