introduction
Bhagat Beni Ji is one of the fifteen Bhagat contributors to the Guru Granth Sahib. The Guru Granth Sahib contains three of his Sabads. The first Sabad is recorded in Sirirag (Srirag) on page 93. This Sabad has five stanzas of four lines each. The second is recorded in Rag Ramkali on page 974. This Sabad has nine stanzas, of which the first and the fourth stanzas have two lines each; the second, third, fifth, sixth, and eighth stanzas have four lines each; and the seventh and ninth stanzas have six lines each. The third is recorded in Rag Prabhati on page 93. This Sabad has five stanzas, each with four lines. In all three of these Sabads, there are separate rahau stanzas, each consisting of two lines.
The instruction ‘pahariā kai ghari gāva ...