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In the widely used English translation by Dr. Sant Singh Ji of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, he translates ਭਾਈ (Bhaiee) which literally means brother(s) as "siblings of destiny." I think he did this in order to both avoid sexism (siblings rather than brothers) as well as to show that we are brothers and sisters in Sadhsangat and that if we are hearing Guru Ji's words, that we have a "great destiny written on our forehead" ਜੈਸੀ ਕਲਮ ਵੁੜੀ ਹੈ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਤੈਸੀ ਜੀਅੜੇ ਪਾਸਿ (As God's Pen has written on your forehead, so it shall be with your soul.)

In the widely used English translation by Dr. Sant Singh Ji of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, he translates ਭਾਈ (Bhaiee) (Bhajee) which literally means brother(s) as "siblings of destiny." I think he did this in order to both avoid sexism (siblings rather than brothers) as well as to show that we are brothers and sisters in Sadhsangat and that if we are hearing Guru Ji's words, that we have a "great destiny written on our forehead" ਜੈਸੀ ਕਲਮ ਵੁੜੀ ਹੈ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਤੈਸੀ ਜੀਅੜੇ ਪਾਸਿ (As God's Pen has written on your forehead, so it shall be with your soul.)

In the widely used English translation by Dr. Sant Singh Ji of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, he translates ਭਾਈ (Bhajee) which literally means brother(s) as "siblings of destiny." I think he did this in order to both avoid sexism (siblings rather than brothers) as well as to show that we are brothers and sisters in Sadhsangat and that if we are hearing Guru Ji's words, that we have a "great destiny written on our forehead" ਜੈਸੀ ਕਲਮ ਵੁੜੀ ਹੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਵਡ ਭਾਗੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਵਡ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਤੈਸੀ ਜੀਅੜੇ ਪਾਸਿ ਤਿਨਿ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਕਢਿ ਕਢਿ ਲੀਆ (As God's Pen (one who has written on your forehead, so it shall be with your soul.)good fortune and great destiny inscribed upon his forehead is blessed to follow the Guru's Teachings.)