jpujI swihb Japji Sahib

Part 1: with Transliteration and Synopsis of eight different English Translations

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Introduction Motivation This collection of hymns uttered and preserved by Indian gurus, : Model for the process of understanding by remembrance: Complication and confusion are signs of our infamous iron age of mystics, devotees and sufis has a special distinction among the darkness, the Kalijug. We have adorned and worshiped maya (the 1 question (con) tama negative mind literally (intellectual) A jewel of supreme quality demands to be looked at from all sacred scriptures of the world: It has been given eternal spiritual tempting illusion of the outside world to which our five senses relate directions to have its beauty and radiance fully enjoyed and leadership and is therefore referred to as "" or "Shabad 2 position (pro) raja positive mind inner (disciple, student) eagerly) to such an extent that the fog of artificiality and the arousal appreciated. If a layman wants to acquire profound expertise about a Guru". This signifies guidance for the human being to realise the true of needs and desires have won the better part of our mental, sophisticated subject, he will ask for the advice of more than just one identity and origin of the Self while still physically alive. This process 3 synthesis satva neutral mind inner of the inner emotional and physical bodies. Today, simplicity is often understood expert. A blind man who desires to know how a certain famous and state seem to be hard to describe to someone who has not (saint, master) as fast-food instead of home-grown vegetables, social media apps painting looks like will enjoy listening to the descriptions of a variety actually experienced them, like "the subtle fragrance of a spiritual 4 transcendent turīa no mind beyond, indescribable and gadgets instead of meeting people ("Sat Sangat"), pills instead of of people with various tastes, references and backgrounds. This will flower." Hence the use of enchanting poetry instead of intellectual (Guru, Divinity, Soul) healing. enable him to "see" more clearly with his inner eye, gives him a more philosophy to convey message and effect: complete idea and allows greater intimacy. Simplicity does not mean that meditating on the Divine essence kkw ikrix kml mih pwvw ] sis ibgws sMpt nhI Awvw ] Aru jy qhw kusm rsu within and living in Divine Will is easy, but it makes a statement about Poetry as such, but especially poetry about the most Jap: Model for the process of recitation to achieve remembrance: pwvw ] Akh khw kih kw smJwvw ] priorities: Make meditation (the continuous attempt to master activity incomprehensible and limitless subject of the nature of existence and 1 loud physical body audible speech bhekhri, khant and direction of the mind and to purify and raise consciousness) the the purpose of life, uses inner language and metaphors and stays "When the rays of Divine Light come into the heart-lotus, the moon- essence of your life. This may be difficult enough to achieve, but it is mostly ambiguous for the logical mind. It might be a valid question to light of Maya [illusion] cannot enter the basket of the mind. And if one 2 silent mental body thoughts, emotions hirdai a simple point of reference to keep in mind and live by. ask what it actually means to "understand" a composition like Japji obtains the subtle fragrance of that spiritual flower, he cannot 3 ajapa causal body resonance, simran anahat Sahib or similar writings. It seems clear that "understanding" Japji describe the indescribable. He could speak, but who would Sahib is very different from understanding a mathematical proof or understand?" - Kabeer, ang 340 even a human emotion. Translations - Limitation and Bias It is said that the One Source of everything is permeating the entire This process could be compared to swimming and diving: Thinking, The aim of this document is to enable the reader to see how creation, and that the nature of this "Divine Essence" has been as we know it, is like swimming on the surface of a lake, but In the valid and necessary attempt to "understand" Japji Sahib knowledgeable people of different backgrounds have used different identified by both mystics and modern science as some form of meditating with the aim of connecting to deeper levels of the being through translation, we need to consider some important aspects like words and sentence structures to translate or interpret one and the vibration or sound ("naada ," "big bang," "string-theory"). This through repeated and continuous focus on a sacred sound, our cultural-historical background, the scope and nature of different same line of Japji Sahib from Gurmukhi to English language. One unstruck, unbroken and endless sound-current of rejoicing about the breath, a deity or other suitable object, is like diving down into the languages and the purpose of the scripture and its translation. example of a line with its various translations: unspeakable origin and essence of everything which carries the only cool and dark depth and requires ideally suspension or complete dis- Above all, we need to keep in mind that the Guru often says that He power of creation and destruction is called "Naad." identification from usual mental activity. srm KMf kI bwxI rUpu ] is singing about the inexpressible, uttering the unutterable: Saram khand kī bānī rūp. Git Git vwjih nwd ] "The word reaches as far as where is comes from." - Hazrat Inayat jy hau jwxw AwKw nwhI khxw kQnu n jweI ] Khan, The Mysticism of Sound and Music ● Next comes spiritual achievement, where beauty guides and directs all speech, "In every heart and vessel plays the Divine sound-current of Naad." "Even if I knew, I cannot speak, it cannot be said in words." ecstatic and glorious beyond words to express. - Japji, Pauri 29 "What is received through the ears goes deeper into the soul than - Japji, Pauri 5 ● The language of those reaching the realm of spiritual happiness is beautiful. what is received through any other way." - Hazrat Inayat Khan, The It is both cause and effect of every phenomenon we experience, Mysticism of Sound and Music Awvhu sMq ipAwirho AkQ kI krh khwxI ] ● Modesty is the expression of the realm of humility. physical, emotional, mental or spiritual. In other words, everything ● Next, the realm of ecstasy, where the word is enrapturing. sings, everything communicates eternally. "Come, beloved Saints, let us tell the unspeakable story." - Guru Amardas, Anand, Pauri 9 ● In the realm of humility, the word is beauty. gwvih quhno pauxu pwxI bYsMqru gwvY rwjw Drmu duAwry ] Baba Nanak Shah Fakeer, ● In the realm of spiritual achievement, the word is beauty. Hindu Ka Guru, Musalman Ka Pir However, until we can redeem and dissolve our duality within this "The elements of water, wind and fire sing of You; the king of paradox and stand as one Name, we cannot but approach it also ● In the Realm of Realization the word is Beauty! Dharma, god of death, sings at Your door." To celebrate holidays as given by the rhythms of nature rather than intellectually and emotionally: ● In the realm of effort, the Divine word becomes form. - Japji, Pauri 27 (read also the entire Pauris 26 and 27) man-made calendars is out of fashion. Since it is inconvenient if the day of the week and the number of the date of a holiday change 1. For better understanding, it is helpful to get familiar with the Therefore, the human being can connect, experience, realign and This document wants to serve the context and process of every year, most holy days have been fixed according to our cultural-historical background of the used metaphors. Obviously, the merge back with his or her true identity of Divine origin - a process understanding and, in turn, raise the desire to learn the original calendar - with few exceptions. writer would choose metaphors which are most familiar to the Gurmukhi language and work on one's own "impersonally personal" from which the word "religion" derives its meaning - through the majority of his listeners. Since this changes with time, culture and translation, which should be seen as an eternal work in progress with application of a sound ("Naad") that originates from the Divine It seems more than appropriate that 's birthday did not region, we need to understand the metaphors of the time and region allowance for dynamic and patience as our experience and intimacy essence and identity ("Naam"). It is said that therein lies the only key get fixed in this way, but is still celebrated on the full moon in of Guru Nanak. with all aspects of Japji Sahib grow and mature. to cross the (terrible) world ocean and find liberation and fulfilment in November. This should be very pleasing to Guru Nanak, who was a the dark and confused time of Kaliyug. This is the reason for the Divine rebel against the smallness and arrogance of the human mind 2. When mapping words from Gurbani to English, we need to This process also demands the abandoning of expectations, extensive use of sacred hymns, sutras and mantras constructed from when in service of worldly fear, hate or selfishness. consider that the Indian languages which contribute to Gurbani have concepts, preconceptions and believes, and the opening up to a primordial sounds which contain, express and manifest the "Naad of a greater sophistication in describing spiritual subjects like the Surrender to Divine Will is what he embodied and shared. The Divine continuously fresh and innocent perspective, full of wonder, humility, the Naam," the sound of Divine identity. purpose and process of meditation and the experience of the Divine devotion and surrender. Will (""), the mystery of continuous communication with the than most Western languages, since, during the last centuries and A metaphor frequently used in both Abrahamic and Indian religions is Source of Existence, is a radical counter-proposal to our modern millennia, Indian cultures and religions have developed a somewhat eyhu AMqu n jwxY koie ] bhuqw khIAY bhuqw hoie ] the physical body as an instrument, sometimes described with understanding of how to live a happy and fulfilled life. The Bhagti greater expertise in these matters than the West. Specific aspects "No one has ever known the limits. The more one says, the more (seventy two) resonance vessels and strings in it, othertimes as a movement of those centuries in India was characterised by a and subtleties in words that describe the Divine like "Har," "Ram," there is." - Japji, Pauri 24 flute with (ten) holes. The work aspired by the devotee, yogi and sufi complete surrender to the Divine Will and renunciation of any "Prabh," "Ek," " Purakh," "Suami," "Braham," "Parbraham," is the continuous tuning of the instrument despite all noise and personal agenda and identity. "Narayan," "Govind," etc. are lost if all these are translated as "God." distraction from outside as well as from inside, so that the play of the Even translations to modern Punjabi language, nowadays used in qUM krqw krxw mY nwhI jw hau krI n hoeI ] Naad & Naam - Recitation of Sacred Scripture Divine player on Their instruments shall result in a song and (Sikh temples), chose to ignore this wealth by translating symphony of recognition of Divine identity and rejoicing. Repeated "You, the Creator, act, I can do nothing; if I try, nothing happens." all those above expressions with the Gurmantra "," which Recitation of sacred scriptures has been practiced in all spiritual recitation of the legacy of well tuned instruments will help us to - Guru Nanak, Raag Asa, ang 469 leads us to the next point. traditions throughout all ages of mankind. It is the most sublime way resonate with them in their Divine frequencies, purifying ourselves of inner cleansing, devotion and alchemy - the supreme preparation from all karmically unfavourable vibrations within us, negative habits All Bhagti poetry infuses a spirit of renunciation from the claims and 3. No translator is unbiased, be it from his or her personal of the devotee for the fulfilment of life's purpose. By repetition in of thought and behaviour. blames of the human mind in wrong service. background and experience, both conscious and subconscious, or in the form of collective coercions of cultural and political motivations meditation, both outer and inner levels of sound and intention Guru Nanak's message promotes a lifestyle of simplicity which penetrate deep into the Being, and the seed of Divine sound can BrIAY miq pwpw kY sMig ] Ehu DopY nwvY kY rMig ] found within every community which seeks to build and maintain the prepares for honesty and humility. He unmasked much of the make- borders of their identity, especially in a globalised world. To a certain blossom and prosper in the soil of the physical body. And by "When mind is polluted with unfavourable vibrations, believe of mysterious rituals as hypocrisy, politics and compensation degree, we only understand what and how we want to understand recitation of sacred texts, hymns, sutras and mantras individuals and It is purified with the colour and love of the Name (Naam)." for lack of true understanding and union. Instead, he infused things according to our individual and collective conditioning, formed communities call on the morphic fields of their spiritual ancestors. - Japji, Pauri 20 awesome excitement of awakened consciousness into the people by the of our concepts, believes, resentments and general life "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the around him by his spontaneous song and poetry, filled with wonder, experience. word was God." - Gospel of John 1.1 surrender, devotion, and praises of the One Source of Existence. Jap & Simran - Repeated meditative Recitation Assuming that the message within Gurbani is multi-layered, universal "There is a powerful mystery within the repetition of sacred words Guru Nanak was a cross-dresser. In order to make people stop and applicable in various individual and collective contexts, filtering it and sounds, for as the repetition occurs, the intention behind the We learn new things like driving a car or playing a musical instrument thinking in boxes like "Hindu" and "Muslim" - very popular boxes of by one particular understanding seemingly necessary to formulate a sound intensifies, thus increasing its potency. Sound crystallizes through regular repetition ("Jap"), the prime tool to program the his time - but make them experience the much more important clear and definite translation, results in the loss of many other layers intention... this intensity of action re-creates the purity of the thought human being with new skills or habits. The best rhythm to repeat any common essence within all of us, he used to wear garments of both and possibilities of understanding. at the centre of the word... it relives its original purpose, and thus the practice is given by the natural cycle of day and night, once every 24 traditions at the same time. To complete the confusion of the word or chant becomes alive with the voice of spirit." - Stewart hours, hence the emphasis on a daily spiritual practice. onlookers, one of the two disciples who often accompanied him on 4. Gurbani is devotional poetry which purposefully aims to transcend Pearce, Alchemy of Voice his journeys was Muslim, the other Hindu. mere mental understanding and reach the heart and soul of the True understanding of the meaning of life and ourselves seems to human being for recognition of its Divine origin, essence and identity "The word is reflected upon the universal Spirit, and the universal happen on levels deeper than our mental faculties can access and Guru Nanak did not speak, but sing. This way of communicating (Naam). The source of the word is the Divine revelation Itself, mechanism then begins to repeat it automatically. In other words, process, and might be better described as a resonance of seems to be more suited to bring the human mind into a space where reaching out to touch and awaken our Divine nature within by what man repeats, God then begins to repeat, until it has become a remembering ("Simran"). The messages of sacred scriptures are only all our essential questions are dissolved and filled with blissful resonance. This poetry often stays very open and ambiguous with reality in all planes of existence." - Hazrat Inayat Khan, The partly for the mind, but primarily for the remembrance and activation devotion. He channelled the Divine Word ("Shabad") in his poetry, sometimes only hints of grammar. If we assume that there are levels Mysticism of Sound and Music of the soul's purpose. The penetration into the deeper levels of our which he recognised as the authority of Divine Teacher and of understanding as described in the above model for Simran, mental being is achieved by regular continuous repetition: Guidance ("Guru"), the "Shabad Guru." Japji Sahib is a poem or hymn of Divine revelation in 40 subdivisions understanding will be only a first step, which can be subject to received by Guru Nanak circa 1500 AD. It constitutes the scriptural His practical teachings are intriguingly short, natural and universal: various (sometimes even contradictory) interpretations. centrepiece of Sikh Dharma ("the righteous way of living of the repeat the meditation on the Divine essence and identity within We can conclude that every translation, especially one which is student") and is the opening chapter of the Siri , continuously (""), work in the world with honesty ("Kirat expressed in full grammatical sentences, will limit and reduce the the sacred scripture and songbook of the Sikh Dharma lineage. Karni"), and share everything with everybody ("Vand Chhakna"). original to one of various possible interpretations. However, every translation can serve as one step towards our best "understanding," which can never be ultimate on the level of outer language.

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Japji Sahib was received by Guru Pritam Singh Chahil, Sri Guru Granth Harbans Singh Doabia, Sacred Osho, The True Name, New Age Sant Kirpal Singh, The Jap Ji: The Dr. Sant Singh , Sri Guru Guruliv Singh Khalsa, Japji of Guru Guruka Singh Khalsa, Japji Sahib: Ek Ong Kar Kaur Khalsa, Japji Sahib: Nanak ca 1500 AD Sahib translation, New Delhi, India, , Amritsar, India, 2002 International, New Delhi, India, 2003 Message of Guru Nanak, Delhi, India, Granth Sahib translation, Tuscon, Nanak, Ancient Healing Ways, Meditation of the Soul, Española, Song of the Soul, USA, 2004 1992 1959 USA, 2013 Eugene, USA, 1982 USA, 2004 (mool mantra) removes fate and changes destiny to prosperity

<> The creator of all is One, the only God is only one. He is one. There is One Reality, One universal creator God. There is one Creator who created this God and We are One. One Spirit Beyond One. the Unmanifest-Manifested. creation. Moves within the Creation - Ik Onkār coordinating consolidating continually creating, siq nwmu Truth is His name. His name is true. The supreme truth. Ever-existent, He is Naam The name Is truth. True is His Name. This is our True Identity. And this Spirit within me (Conscious Spirit). Is my True Identity. Sat Nām krqw purKu He is doer of everything. He is the creator. He is the creator. The Creator, pervading all. Creative being personified. The being is the doer. Doer of everything. It Does All and Causes All to be Done. It protects me through all Kartā Purakh incidents of time and space. inrBau inrvYru He is without fear and without enmity. He is without fear, He is inimical to Beyond fear, beyond rancour. Without fear, without enmity. No fear, no hatred. He is fearless and revenge less. Beyond fear. Beyond revenge. It fears nothing and knows nothing none. of vengeance or anger. Nirbhau Nirvair

Akwl mUriq His form is immortal. He never dies. He is the timeless form. The Timeless. Image of the undying. Undying (timeless) is His image. Beyond death, Deathless It comes into Form. Akāl Mūrat

AjUnI sYBM He is unborn and self-illumined. He is beyond births and deaths. He is Never born. Self-creating. The Unborn and the Self-existent, Beyond birth. Self-existent. He does not come through the womb. Image of the Infinite, Unborn. In Itself, It has never been born. self-illuminated. complete within Itself. He is by Himself. Full of Light Flowing through the cycles of Birth Ajūnī Saibhang and Death, It moves by Its Own Purity and Projection. gur pRswid ] He is realized by Guru's grace. He is realised by the kindness of the He is attained by the Guru's grace. Through the favour of His true By Guru's grace. It is the gift of the Guru. The Guru’s Gift This understanding shall come to you true Guru. servant, the Guru, He may be as a sweet blessing, as a gift. Gur Parsād. realised. jpu ] Meditate Repeat His name. Chant and meditate. Meditate! Meditate! In every moment Continue in Its Continual Remembrance. Jap.

Awid scu jugwid scu ] He was True in the beginning. He was true in the beginning. He was He was true before the ages and as He was when there was nothing, True in the primal beginning. True True before time began. Primal truth. True for all time. From the start this Truth was True. He was True through all ages. true when the ages commenced and time ran its course. He was before all ages began, throughout the ages. True throughout time. All through time and space is True. Ād sach jugād sach. has ever been true. hY BI scu nwnk hosI BI scu ]1] He is True even now. He is also true now. Nanak says, that Nanak says, now He is truth eternal, He exists now, O Nanak, and shall True here and now. O Nanak, forever It is true now, at this very moment. True at this instant. O Nanak, forever Even now, this Truth is True. Nanak says, He shall ever be True. He will be certainly true in the future. and forever will He be. exist forevermore. and ever true. Nanak, it even will be true. true. Nanak says, ever shall be True. Hai bhī sach Nānak hosī bhī sach. (1)

(1) gives knowledge and extasy of God, an antidot to depression socY soic n hoveI By pondering, one cannot have the Mortal cannot comprehend God by We cannot comprehend Him though One cannot comprehend Him through By thinking, He cannot be reduced to In thinking, thinking doesn't come, By thinking and thinking, nothing You think and think ten-thousand conception of God, even though one pondering over Him for lacs of times. we think a million times. reason, even if one reasoned for thought, even by thinking hundreds of even if I think hundreds of thousands happens, though I may think a thoughts, but not one thought will give jy socI lK vwr ] may think a million times. ages. thousands of times. of times. thousand times. you what you seek. Sochai soch na hovaī je sochī lakh vār. cupY cup n hoveI Even though one be silent and remain Mortal may remain silent and Nor quiet the mind by silence, One cannot achieve inner peace by By remaining silent, inner silence is In silence, silence doesn't happen, Deep in silence, nothing happens, You sit in silence to find the silence, constantly absorbed, He cannot be absorbed in the meditation of God however long we sit. outward silence, not though one sat not obtained, even by remaining even if I remain constantly attached though the string of longing plays. but silence never comes. Your spirit jy lwie rhw ilv qwr ] known by this silence. and His love, yet peace of mind will dumb for ages. lovingly absorbed deep within. with a string of longing. always sings the song of the Divine. Chupai chup na hovaī not be achieved. je lāe rahā liv tār.

BuiKAw BuK n auqrI The hunger of the hungry does not Yearning of hungry mortal will never Nor a mountain of bread appease the One cannot buy contentment with all The hunger of the hungry is not The hunger of the hungry people The hungry people stay hungry, with And all your troubles, and all your appease even though one may collect end by keeping fasts or by collecting hunger of the soul. the riches of the world, appeased, even by piling up loads of does not depart, even if the loads of the weight of the world on their backs. cares, these will never fade away jy bMnw purIAw Bwr ] loads of worldly valuables. loads of worlds riches. worldly goods. the worlds is tied to them. though you may hoard every treasure Bhukhiā bhukh na utrī in the world. je bannā purīā bhār.

One may have millions of skills but Mortal may possess lacs of clever Nor one hundred thousand feats of Nor reach Him with all mental Hundreds of thousands of clever Of thousands or hundreds of You may be incredibly clever, but you And all the clever tricks you use, the shs isAwxpw lK hoih none goes with him in the hereafter. thoughts or biggest wisdom, yet not mind achieve unity with Him. ingenuity. tricks, but not even one of them will thousands of clevernesses, not one can’t take it Home with you. countless little tricks - not even one q iek n clY nwil ] even one wise thought will go along with you in the end. will go with you when you die. will go along with you. Sahas siānpā lakh hohe accompany him to the next world. ta ik na chalai nāl. ikv sicAwrw hoeIAY How can one become truthful and How can the mortal become true? How can truth be attained and the veil How may one know the truth and So how can you become truthful? How is one to be truthful? How can I live the Truth? How can I How can we find the House of Truth? dispel the veil of illusion? How can the barrier of falsehood be of falsehood torn? break through the cloud of falsehood? And how can the veil of illusion be How does one break the net of lies? cut through the net of lies? How can we break this wall of lies? ikv kUVY qutY pwil ] smashed? torn away? Kiv sachiārā hoīai kiv kūrai tutai pāl.

Nanak says by obeying the pre- Nanak replies, that this can be Nanak says, by submission to the There is a way, O Nanak, to make His O Nanak, it is written that you shall Walk in God's will, known and Walk in God's Will within and without. Surrender yourself and walk the way hukim rjweI clxw ordained order of the Lord and achieved by obeying the preordained divine order which is preordained. will our own, His will which is already obey the hukam of His command, and unknown. Oh Nanak, it is written O Nanak! It's written in your Soul. Of Spirit’s Will. Nanak, be with what is nwnk iliKAw nwil ]1] surrendering to His Will. command and will of God, recorded wrought in our existence. walk in the way of His will. along with you. already written. Hukam rajāī chalnā for the man. Nānak likhiā nāl. (1)

(2) imparts patience and stability hukmI hovin Awkwr By the Lord's order the bodies are By God's command, which cannot be By divine order all form was created, All things are manifestations of His By His command, bodies are created, By His will structures exist. In God's Will all structures are Through Spirit’s Will come countless produced. His order cannot be defined, bodies are formed. but His order cannot be described. will, but His will is beyond description. His command cannot be described. The will of God cannot be described. formed, beyond words. forms, though of this Will I cannot hukmu n kihAw jweI ] narrated. speak. Hukmī hovan ākār hukam na kahiā jāī. hukmI hovin jIA By His order beings are created and By God's command lives are infused Divine order has created all life, and By His will is matter quickened into By His command, souls come into By His will the incarnated souls exist. In God’s Will all Souls are formed Through Spirit’s Will come all the by His order greatness is obtained. and honour is gained. by it all greatness bestowed. life, by His will is greatness obtained. being, by His command, glory and By His will one meets greatness. and become great. souls. Merge in that Will and become hukim imlY vifAweI ] greatness are obtained. great. Hukmī hovan jī hukam milai vadiāī. hukmI auqmu nIcu By His command some are high and By His command the mortals are By divine order are some high and By His will some are born high and By His command, some are high and By His will someone is high or low. In God's Will we are high or low. In Spirit’s Will are good and bad. That some are low. By His written made high or low and they suffer pain some low, and pain and pleasure others low, by His will are men's joys some are low, by His written By His written will sufferings and In God's Will are pleasure and pain. Will writes pain and peace for all. hukim iliK duK suK pweIAih ] command some get pain and some or get joy in accordance with His granted. and sorrows ordained. command, pain and pleasure are comfort are obtained. Hukmī utam nīch get comfort. written command. obtained. hukam likh dukh sukh pāīaihe. ieknw hukmI bKsIs By His order some are rewarded and Some get boons through His By His order do some attain salvation, By His will the pious obtain salvation, Some, by His command, are blessed By His command, some people In God's Will are loss and gain. For some, it brings abundant gifts. others are made to wander in command, while others always or endlessly wander through cycles of by His will the impious wander in and forgiven, others, by His receive blessings. By His command For some, it leads to endless ieik hukmI sdw BvweIAih ] transmigration. wander in transmigration by His death and birth. endless transmigration. command, wander aimlessly forever. some always are made to wanderings. Iknā hukmī bakhsīs order. transmigrate. ik hukmī sadā bhavāīaihe. hukmY AMdir sBu ko Everybody is under His orders and Everybody and everything is All are subject to His order, none is All exist under His will, and nothing Everyone is subject to His command, Everyone is within His command, God's Will is alive within us. No one is Everything exists within that Will. nobody is out of His Command. controlled by His command, which beyond His reach. stands outside. no one is beyond His command. outside of the command there is no without it. Nothing lies beyond It. bwhir hukm n koie ] none can escape. one. Hukmai andar sabh ko bāhar hukam na koe. nwnk hukmY jy buJY Nanak says, whoever understands Nanak says, that if the mortal were to Nanak says, he who understands His One attuned with His will, O Nanak, is O Nanak, one who understands His Oh Nanak, if one understands His O Nanak! When you understand Nanak, if you understand the Will of His order, shall never be proud. realise the Lord's command, they order becomes freed from his self. wholly freed from ego. command, does not speak in ego. command, the no one can speak of God's Will, All thoughts of self depart. the Divine, your ego will have nothing q haumY khY n koie ]2] would never entertain egotism. ego. to say. Nānak hukmai je bujhai ta haumai kahai na koe. (2)

(3) turns insufficiency into sufficiency, depression into elevation, and low self-esteem into self-confidence gwvY ko qwxu hovY iksY qwxu ] Those endowed with might by God, Who has power to sing and define Those who know power will sing of Some sing of His greatness, but only Some sing of His power, who has that Someone sings His power, whose is Someone is singing of power, When the soul tunes in to the Infinite sing His might. God's power? His might. according to the power bestowed power? that power? to whom does the power belong? and spontaneously sings with Divine Gāvai ko tān hovai kisai tān. upon them. love and joy, in that soul-singing, some capture Your power. But who has the power to capture Your power? gwvY ko dwiq jwxY nIswxu ] Those who have seen the signs of Who can sing and describe the Knowing charity, some sing of His Some sing of His bounties, taking Some sing of His gifts, and know His Someone sings of the bounty and Someone is singing of giving, When the soul tunes in to the Infinite His grace sing of His blessings. boons, the marks of grace of God? bounty as the sign. them as His signs. sign and insignia. knows the sign. knowing the sign in the song. and spontaneously sings with Divine Gāvai ko dāt jānai nīsān. love and joy, in that soul-singing some sing of you as a Giver and know giving as the sign of You. gwvY ko gux vifAweIAw cwr ] Some sing of His noble virtues and Who can sing the virtues and Some sing of His virtues and His Some sing of His glorious virtues, Someone sings His qualities and Someone is singing of excellence, When the soul tunes in to the Infinite attributes. excellences of God? greatness. greatness and beauty. beautiful greatness. of wonder and beauty divine. and spontaneously sings with Divine Gāvai ko gun vadiāīā chār. love and joy, in that soul-singing some sing of Your virtues, the elements You use to create life, and how amazing it all is, how magnificently beautiful. gwvY ko ividAw ivKmu vIcwru ] Some sing Him through difficult Who can sing and describe the most Some sing of His knowledge, when Some sing of Him as Some sing of knowledge obtained of Someone sings of knowledge and Someone is singing of knowledge, When the soul tunes in to the Infinite philosophical intricacies. difficult knowledge of God? scholarship is their bent. incomprehensible. Him, through difficult philosophical difficult reflection. through long and deep meditation. and spontaneously sings with Divine Gāvai ko vidiā vikham vīchār. studies. love and joy, in that soul-singing some sing of the knowledge that can only be gotten by arduous study. gwvY ko swij kry qnu Kyh ] Some sing Him for creating beings Who can sing God, who forms the Some sing that He creates the body Some sing of Him, as transmitting Some sing that He fashions the body, Someone sings that, having created, Someone is singing of bodies, When the soul tunes in to the Infinite and then reducing them to dust. body and then reduces it to dust? and turns it back to dust. dust into life, and life into dust again. and then again reduces it to dust. He again makes bodies dust. created and turned to dust. and spontaneously sings with Divine Gāvai ko sāj kare tan khehe. love and joy, in that soul-singing some sing of the Power that creates all things sustains them and destroys them. gwvY ko jIA lY iPir dyh ] Some sing that He takes away life Who can sing God, who takes away Some sing that the life He takes will Creator and destroyer, the giver of Some sing that He takes life away, Someone sings that He takes away Someone is singing of souls, given When the soul tunes in to the Infinite and again restores it. life and again infuses it? again be reborn. life and its withdrawer. and then again restores it. souls, then gives them again. and taken away. and spontaneously sings with Divine Gāvai ko jī lai fir dehe. love and joy, in that soul-singing some sing of how You take the souls away and then give them back again. gwvY ko jwpY idsY dUir ] Some sing that God seems and Who can sing God, who seems to be Some sing that He is far, far away. Some sing of Him as the most Some sing that He seems so very far Someone sings that He seems and Someone is singing that God seems When the soul tunes in to the Infinite appears to be far off. far away? remote. away. appears far away. to be far away. and spontaneously sings with Divine Gāvai ko jāpai disai dūr. love and joy, in that soul-singing some sing of how far beyond our reach, our grasp You are. gwvY ko vyKY hwdrw hdUir ] Some sing that he is beholding us Who can sing God, who sees all just Some sing that He sees all and is Some sing of Him as the nearest. Some sing that He watches over us, Someone sings he sees Him present Someone is singing he sees God's When the soul tunes in to the Infinite face to face. face to face? everywhere. face to face, ever-present. and manifested. face every day. and spontaneously sings with Divine Gāvai ko vekhai hādrā hadūr. love and joy, in that soul-singing some sing You are always with us. kQnw kQI n AwvY qoit ] There is no end of persons There is no dearth of persons who There is no end to His attributes. There is no end to His description. There is no shortage of those who There is no lack of religious There has been no lack of well-told There is no end to what we can say discoursing on Him. give discourses about God. preach and teach. discourses being told. tales. about You. Kathnā kathī na āvai tot. kiQ kiQ kQI kotI koit koit ] Millions upon millions discourse about Millions of describers give millions of Though a million describe Him in a Countless have tried to describe Him, Millions upon millions offer millions of There are tens of millions of tens of Millions and millions have talked and Millions of people speak millions of Him. discourses about God. million ways. but He still stands beyond all sermons and stories. millions of religious speakers who talked. ways. Kath kath kathī kotī kot kot. description. have made these discourses. dydw dy lYdy Qik pwih ] The Giver continues giving but the God, the giver, constantly gives his The giver gives eternally, though the His recipients may tire, but His bounty The great giver keeps on giving, while The Giving One gives and the takers The Giver gives, and the takers get You, Great Giver, keep giving to us recipients get satiated and weary. gifts, and recipients become tired of receiver tires of receiving. is untiring. those who receive grow weary of get tired. tired. and we grow tired of just taking. De(n)dā de laide thak pāhe. receiving the same. receiving. jugw jugMqir KwhI Kwih ] In all ages the creation receives Throughout all the ages, all have Since the beginning of time have they Ages upon ages, man has fed upon it. Throughout the ages, consumers Throughout the ages the eaters eat. Through all the ages, the eaters eat. Age after age You continually feed provisions from Him. been eating provisions. subsisted on His endless bounty. consume. and nourish us. Jugā jugantar khāhī khāhe. hukmI hukmu clwey rwhu ] The Commander, by His command, God causes others to follow the path, He is the ordainer and by His order His will directs the world. The commander, by His command, The commander's command makes By the command of the One In Your Will, Oh Divine Spirit, You makes all walk on His path. chalked out under His command. does the universe turn. leads us to walk on the path. the path go. Commander the Path goes ever on. guide us along the path You choose Hukmī hukam chalāe rāhu. for us. nwnk ivgsY vyprvwhu ]3] Nanak says, the carefree Lord feels Nanak says, that God, who is Nanak says, He is without a care, And yet, O Nanak, He dwells beyond O Nanak, He blossoms forth, carefree Oh Nanak, God blooms carefree. O Nanak! Blossom and live carefree. Nanak, blissful, hasn’t a care. happy and is ever in bliss. carefree, is always merry. endlessly blissful. concern or care. and untroubled. Nānak vigsai veparvāhu. (3)

(4) breaks through the trap of feeling poor without means swcw swihbu swcu nwie True is the Lord. True is His name God as well as His name is true, and The Lord is truth. Truth is His name. True is the Lord, true His holy word, True is the master, true is His name - The Lord is true, His justice is true, God is Truth and True Justice, True is the Master of Creation. True is and true ones repeat His name with those who repeat His name with His praises are sung in endless ways. His love has been described as speak it with infinite love. and people have talked about His bestowed with Infinite Love. His Spirit within me. Speak it with BwiKAw Bwau Apwru ] infinite love. sincere affection are true. infinite. infinite love. Infinite Love. Sāchā sāhib sāch nāe bhākhiā bhāo apār.

AwKih mMgih dyih dyih People ask and beg from Him again People beg in prayers that He may Even while praising they ask for more Men pray to Him for gifts, which He People beg and pray "give to us, give People say and plead, "Give, give!" People plead "give me, give me!" We call on You and beg to You, "Give and again and He bestows His gifts bestow gifts on them, and God fulfils and more, and the Lord keeps on grants untiringly. to us", and the great giver gives His The Giver gives. The Giver of all keeps giving. me, give me." And you, Great Giver, dwiq kry dwqwru ] endlessly. this according to their devotion. giving. gifts. give it All. Ākhehe mangehe dehe dehe dāt kare dātār.

Pyir ik AgY rKIAY What offering could be made to get a What should be offered to God, so Then what offering can we make to When all is His, what can we offer at So what offering can we place before What is to be placed before God by What offering can I make to enter the What can we place before You that glimpse of His court? that His court may be seen? gain a glimpse of His court? His feet? Him, by which we might see the which His court may be seen? kingdom of heaven? will allow us to see the splendour of ijqu idsY drbwru ] darbaar of His court? Your Divine and Noble Court? Fer ke agai rakhīai jit disai darbār. muhO ik bolxu bolIAY What words could one utter to win His What language should be uttered by And what language shall we speak to What can we say to win His love? What words can we speak to evoke What words should one utter, hearing What words could come from my lips What words can we speak with our love? the mouth, so that He may bestow endear us to Him? His love? which God extends His love? that I can make you love me? own lips that, upon hearing, You ijqu suix Dry ipAwru ] His love on us after hearing it? would touch us with Your Love? Muhau ke bolan bolīai jit sun dhare piār.

AMimRq vylw scu nwau In the early hours of morning repeat Satguru says, that one must utter the Nanak says, remember the true name At the ambrosial hour of the early In the Amrit vela, the ambrosial hours In the ambrosial hour meditate and Meditate in the sweet hours before In the Amrit Vela, the still hours His true Name and reflect on His true name in the early ambrosial and meditate on its glory in the dawn, be you in communion with the before dawn, chant the true name, reflect deeply on the true name and dawn on the Naam, deep and vast. before sunrise, our True Spirit vifAweI vIcwru ] greatness. morning and must ponder over His ambrosial hour. divine word and meditate on His and contemplate His glorious on His greatness. becomes known as we meditate upon Amrit velā sach nāo greatness. glory. greatness. Your Greatness. vadiāī vīchār. krmI AwvY kpVw By our past actions, we have been Mortal obtains human body as a Through your actions you receive this Our birth is the fruit of our actions, but By the karma of past actions, the robe Over your actions comes a cover of Your will all be covered and By the consequences of our positive granted this human birth and by His result of good deeds but he reaches body, and by His grace the door to salvation comes only from His grace. of this physical body is obtained. By consciousness. In your vision you see the door of freedom will open. past actions, we have been gifted this ndrI moKu duAwru ] grace we obtain salvation. the gate of salvation with God's kind salvation opens. His grace, the gate of liberation is the gate of liberation. robe of human form. Grace leads us Karmī āvai kaprā grace. found. to the gate of liberation found within it. nadrī mokh duār. nwnk eyvY jwxIAY Nanak says, know this that the True Nanak says, that one must realise Nanak says, know then His truth, O Nanak, know the True One as O Nanak, know this well: the true one Oh Nanak, thus is known the all- O Nanak! Know this: A person of Nanak, in this way know, all people One is all-in-all. that true God is all by Himself. because He alone is everything. immanent in all. Himself is all. truthful One, all by Himself. Truth contains the whole universe. hold the Truth within themselves. sBu Awpy sicAwru ]4] Nānak evai jānīai sabh āpe sachiār. (4)

(5) grants success when you have a sense of failure within yourself and do not feel up to a job

QwipAw n jwie kIqw n hoie ] He can neither be manifested nor God has not been and cannot be He cannot be installed in any temple, He can neither be established nor He cannot be established, He cannot He is not established, He is not made. Unborn, unmade, Nothing has established You or created by anyone. established by anyone. nor fashioned by any skill. created. be created. placed You on Your throne. Neither Thāpiā na jāe kītā na hoe. are You created by anything. Awpy Awip inrMjnu soie ] He, the pure one, is all-in-all Himself. Pure God, unaffected by mammon, is The faultless one exists unto Himself. The formless One is limitless, He Himself is immaculate and pure. That One is the pure One all by Himself alone, the pure One. You within Yourself are pure like the all by Himself. complete in Himself. Himself. crystal cool, clear water of a stream. Āpe āp niranjan soe. ijin syivAw iqin pwieAw mwnu ] Those, who have served Him, are Those who serve God obtain honour. Those who serve Him attain the glory. Those who worship Him are Those who serve Him are honoured. The one who serves obtains worldly Serve that One, and gain glory in this Those who serve You, You bestow honoured. honoured. glory. world. upon them so much honour Jin seviā tin pāiā mān. nwnk gwvIAY guxI inDwnu ] Nanak says, sing the praises of the Nanak advises, sing God's praises, Nanak says, sing His praises, Lord of Nanak, ever sing of the treasure – O Nanak, sing of the Lord, the Oh Nanak, sing of Him who is the O Nanak! Sing of the treasure of Nanak sings of Your virtues, Your Lord, the treasure of excellences. who is the treasure of excellence. all attributes. house of all virtues. treasure of excellence. treasure of virtues. excellence. priceless gifts and treasures. Nānak gāvīai gunī nidhān. gwvIAY suxIAY min rKIAY Bwau ] With the Lord's love reposed in your Sing the praises of God and keep Sing and hear only of Him, engrave Let us sing of Him and hold Sing and listen and let your mind be Sing about Him, listen to Him, and Sing and listen, and let Love fill your Sing. Deeply listen. And oh my mind heart sing and hear His praises. love for Him in the heart. Him in your heart. communion with the word, with hearts filled with love. keep love in the mind. mind. overflow with Love. Gāvīai sunīai man rakhīai bhāo. full of loving devotion. duKu prhir suKu Gir lY jwie ] Thus you shall shed pain and Then you will obtain joy in your mind So banish sorrow and suffering, and For then shall all sorrows end and we Your pain shall be sent far away, and Having removed sorrow, take peace Pain will fly away, and peace will All suffering shall vanish, and peace, happiness shall dwell in you. and throw away your pain. make bliss your abode. be led joyously homeward. peace shall come to your home. and go home with it. come home to your heart. sweet peace, shall make its home in Dukh parhar sukh ghar lai jāe. your heart. gurmuiK nwdM gurmuiK vydM Gurmukh, the follower of Lord's will, Guru's words are divine, which infuse The Guru's word is the sound of The Master is the song eternal or The Guru's word is the sound-current Through the Guru, the sound-current One with the Guru - merged in the The wise person who flows with the transmits Divine word, the Gurbani. the knowledge of God, and by sounds, and the too. The Lord word personified, He is the Vedas, of the naad, the Guru's word is the and infinite knowledge are activated, Naad. One with the Guru - filled with integrity of the Guru’s words is one gurmuiK rihAw smweI ] Gurbani gives Lord's knowledge, and following the Guru's words, God, abides in His words. the scriptures, He is saturated with wisdom of the Vedas, the Guru's and through the Guru one remains all knowledge. One with the Guru - with the Naad, the subtle vibration Gurmukh nādang gurmukh vedang through Gurbani, the Lord is realized pervading everywhere, is realised. the divine. word is all-pervading. merged. merged with the One. which powers creation. The wise gurmukh rehiā samāī. to be all pervading. person who flows with the integrity of the Guru’s words is one with all scriptures written and yet to be written. The wise person who flows with the integrity of the Guru’s words remains continually within herself with Thee. guru eIsru guru gorKu brmw guru The Guru is , , Brahma Guru is Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, The Guru is Shiva, the destroyer. The He is Shiva, He is Vishnu, and He is The Guru is Shiva, the Guru is Vishnu The Guru is Shiva, Vishnu and The Guru is the form of God that you The Guru, the Divine Teacher, can and goddesses Paarbati, Shiva's consort Paarvati, Vishnu's Guru is Vishnu, the sustainer. The Brahma, and their consorts Paarvati, and Brahma, the Guru is Paarvati, Brahma, the Guru is Paarvati and can meditate on, imagine, and love. take the form of Shiva. That Guru can pwrbqI mweI ] and Saraswati. consort Lakshmi, and Brahma's Guru is Brahma, the creator. He is the Lakshmi, and Saraswati also. Lakhshmi, and Sarasvati. Lakshmi. The Guru is the Divine mother, Maya. take the form of Vishnu or Brahma. Gur īsar gur gorakh barmā gur consort Sarasvati. trio of goddesses Paarvati, Lakshmi, That Divine Teacher can even take pārbatī māī. and Sarasvati. the form of the Divine Mother.

Even if God could be known, He If I were to know God, I cannot However well I know Him, He cannot The greatness of the Master, even if Even knowing God, I cannot describe Even if I know, I do not speak. When I know it I can't say it, Words Even if I know all this, still there’s no jy hau jwxw AwKw nwhI could not be narrated. narrate Him, because He cannot be be described. He cannot be known, cannot be described with Him. He cannot be described in The story cannot be told. are useless. way to speak it, no matter how much I khxw kQnu n jweI ] described in words. expressed by words. mortal eloquence. words. say. Je hau jānā ākhā nāhī kahnā kathan na jāī. gurw iek dyih buJweI ] The Guru has taught me this one Satguru has made clear one thing to The Guru is the secret that solves the My Master has taught me one thing. The Guru has given me this one The Guru has made me understand The Guru has given me one The Divine Teacher has given me thing, me. riddle. understanding. one thing! understanding: one lesson to learn. Gurā ik dehe bujhāī. sBnw jIAw kw ieku dwqw that there is one Bestower for all There is only one giver for all the He is the benefactor of all. Let me He is the Lord of everything, Him I There is only the one, the giver of all There is one giver of all the souls. All souls are gifts of the One. May I All souls come from the hand of One beings. May I never forget Him. beings, whom I must not forget. never forget Him. may never forget. souls. May I never forget Him. May I never forget Him. never forget Him! Giver. May I never, ever forget Him. so mY ivsir n jweI ]5] Sabhnā jīā kā ik dātā so mai visar na jāī. (5)

(6) dispels limitations, traps, or coercion qIriQ nwvw jy iqsu Bwvw If I could please the Lord, that would When God likes me, then this act of If I have succeeded in attaining His If I may only please Him, it is If I am pleasing to Him, then that is I bathe at the holy place if I please Pleasing God is the only ritual I do. I wash myself in sacred waters in be my pilgrimage bath. Without His grace is just like my taking bath at pleasure, I have bathed in all the holy pilgrimage enough, if not, nothing – my pilgrimage and cleansing bath. Him. Without having pleased Him, Without inner experience all rituals order to please You. But if it doesn’t ivxu Bwxy ik nwie krI ] pleasing Him of what use is all a place of pilgrimage, because rivers. And if I fail to please Him, why no rites or toils – avails. Without pleasing Him, what good are what bathing do I do? mean nothing. please You, what is the bathing for? Tirath nāvā je tis bhāvā bathing in holy places? bathing is useless, unless one should I bathe and adorn myself? ritual cleansings? vin bhāne ke nāe karī. pleases God. jyqI isriT aupweI vyKw All the created beings that I see What do all the created beings, whom In this whole created universe, Whichever way I look, I find that in I gaze upon all the created beings. How many being are created! I see How many created beings there are! I I see the vastness of Your wondrous around me, without good acts, neither I behold, gain and get in the absence nothing is attained without actions. His creation, none has won salvation Without the karma of good actions, them! Without good acts, what can see them spread all around me. creation. But without taking action, ivxu krmw ik imlY leI ] be given nor can obtain anything. of good deeds? without His grace – regardless of what are they given to receive? anyone obtain? Without working hard, how can how can I merge with Thee? Jetī sirath upāī vekhā karmas. anyone get anything? vin karmā ke milai laī. miq ivic rqn jvwhr mwixk In one's mind are gems, jewels and One will find in his mind gems, jewels But he who listens to but one You can discover untold spiritual Within the mind are gems, jewels and In the wisdom of the mind are jewels, If you hear just one of the Guru's Within my own awareness are jewels, rubies, they are revealed if you listen and rubies, if he were to act upon and teaching of the Guru, his riches within yourself, if you but abide rubies, if you listen to the Guru's gems and rubies, if one listens to one lessons you will find the gems, jewels, gems and rubies, from listening to the jy iek gur kI isK suxI ] and act upon Guru's instruction. listen to the instructions of the Guru. understanding becomes like a by the teachings of your Master. teachings, even once. lesson of the Guru. and rubies in your mind. Teachings of the Guru even once. Mat vich ratan javāhar mānik precious jewel. je ik gur kī sikh sunī. gurw iek dyih buJweI ] The Guru has taught me this one Satguru has made clear one thing to The Guru is the secret that solves the My Master has taught me one lesson. The Guru has given me this one The Guru has made me understand The Guru has given me one The Divine Teacher has given me thing, me. riddle. understanding. one thing! understanding: one lesson to learn. Gurā ik dehe bujhāī. sBnw jIAw kw ieku dwqw that there is one Bestower for all There is only one giver for all the He is the benefactor of all. Let me He is the Lord of everything, may I There is only the one, the giver of all There is one giver of all the souls. All souls are gifts of the One. May I All souls come from the Hand of One beings. May I never forget Him. beings, whom I must not forget. never forget Him. never forget Him. souls. May I never forget Him. May I never forget Him. never forget Him. Giver. May I never, ever forget Him. so mY ivsir n jweI ]6] Sabhnā jīā kā ik dātā so mai visar na jāī. (6) ||

(7) if you suffer from greed for power, control and territory jy jug cwry Awrjw If one's age equals four ages and If the age of the mortal were to Were you to live through four ages, or If one could extend one's life to four Even if you could live throughout the If a person is four ages old, and then You may live through all the ages, or If a person were to live through the even becomes ten times more, become equal to four ages and were even ten times more, ages, nay make it ten times longer, four ages, or even ten times more, becomes ten times older, even ten times more. four ages or ten times that, hor dsUxI hoie ] to increase still further by ten times, Je jug chāre ārjā hor dasūnī hoe. nvw KMfw ivic jwxIAY One be known in the nine continents If the mortal were to become known Were you known in all nine If one were known throughout the And even if you were known If that person is known in the nine Everyone may know you; People may Known across the nine continents and all follow him, in the nine continents and all were to continents, and were you to gain nine planes of creation, and everyone throughout the nine continents and kingdoms, and everyone follows them even follow you around. followed by everyone. nwil clY sBu koie ] obey and follow him, universal following, therein followed him in respect, followed by all, around, Navā khandā vich jānīai nāl chalai sabh koe. cMgw nwau rKwie kY Though one may assume good name, If he were to acquire good name, Were you to earn fame and praise If every creature praised him to the With a good name and reputation, And if that person has acquired a You may be well thought of and Protected by a good name, with fame obtain praise and renown in the praise and fame in the world, from all of mankind, sky. with praise and fame throughout the good name, and the whole world praised throughout the world. and reputation received from the jsu kIriq jig lyie ] world, world – obtains a good name just by singing entire world. Changā nāo rakhāe kai that person's praises, jas kīrat jag le-e. jy iqsu ndir n AwveI yet if His gracious glance does not fall No one would care for such a person, If you have not His grace, nothing will All this and more has no value if Still, if the Lord does not bless you But if that person doesn't see the But if you don't see the unseen, then Yet, if You do not look kindly our way, on him then no one will care for him. if he does not obtain God's grace. save you. God's eye looked not kindly upon with His glance of grace, then who unseen, then no one asks anything none of it matters at all. Oh Divine One, that position nobody q vwq n puCY ky ] him. cares? What is the use? about them. would want. Je tis nadar na āvaī ta vāt na puchhai ke. kItw AMdir kItu kir He will be counted a vermin amongst He would be treated as an You are like a lowliest worm, even the Without His goodwill, he will be Among worms, you would be Making them a worm among worms. You'll live as a worm among worms Such a one would be the worm that the worms and even the sinners will ignominious and insignificant worm worst of sinners may point the finger reckoned as the meanest worm considered a lowly worm, and even Guilty people place all their guilt on and guilty people will place all their lives inside worms. Among criminals - dosI dosu Dry ] blame him. amongst worms and will be held as a at you. amongst worms, and sinners shall contemptible sinners would hold you them. guilt on you. the most criminal. Kītā andar kīt kar sinner. Even the sinful person will charge him with sins. in contempt. dosī dos dhare. condemn him. nwnk inrguix guxu kry Nanak says, God grants virtue to the Nanak says, that God confers virtues Nanak says, He makes the worthless O Nanak, He bestows virtues on O Nanak, God blesses the unworthy Oh Nanak, He gives virtue to the O Nanak! God gives goodness to Nanak, the virtueless and the virtuous non-virtuous and bestows piety on the on the non-virtuous and more virtues worthy, and showers the gifted with those who have none, and adds to with virtue, and bestows virtue on the virtueless, and He gives virtue to those who have it and those who are both created by the Divine. guxvMiqAw guxu dy ] pious. on the pious. more gifts. the store of the virtuous. virtuous. those who have it. don't, Nānak nirgun gun kare gunvantiā gun de. qyhw koie n suJeI I can think of no one, who can bestow There is none who can show any None but God can bestow such But there is naught that can bestow No one can even imagine anyone No such person exists who can give but the person does not exist who can And what virtues they carry are given any good on Him. goodness to God. excellence. aught upon Him. who can bestow virtue upon Him. any virtue to Him. give any goodness to Him. by Thee. No one exists who can ij iqsu guxu koie kry ]7] bestow virtues on You. Tehā koe na sujhaī je tis gun koe kare. (7)

(8) gives power to be a sage suixAY isD pIr suir nwQ ] By hearing the holy teaching, the Mortal becomes a perfect saint, a Through listening occult powers and By communion with the word one can Listening – the siddhas, the spiritual By listening, siddhas, Muslim saints, Listening… saints, heroes, masters. Those who are merged in You, those seeker acquires the state of siddhas, religious guide, a spiritual leader, and saintliness are gained. attain the status of a siddha, a pir, a teachers, the heroic warriors, the heroes, and yoga masters... who spiritually lead, angels, masters, Suniai sidh pīr sur nāth. pirs, spiritual heroes and yogis. a great yogi by hearing the name of sura, a master. yogic masters. Deeply Listen. God. suixAY Driq Dvl Awkws ] By hearing God's name, the reality of Reality of earth, and the bull Heaven and earth are made stable. By communion with the word, one Listening – the earth, its support, and By listening, the earth, the bull which Listening… the earth, the power, the The Earth, and what holds the Earth, the earth, its supposed supporting supporting it, and of heaven becomes can understand the mysteries of the the akaashic ethers. holds it up, and the ethers... ethers. and what surrounds the Earth inter- Suniai dharat dhaval ākās. bull and the heaven is revealed. known by hearing the name of God. earth, the supporting bull and the coordinate by Deep Listening. heavens. suixAY dIp loA pwqwl ] By hearing God's name, one comes Knowledge of the world, continents, And the world and lower worlds By communion with the word, the Listening – the oceans, the lands of By listening, light, different realms, Listening… high and low realms, The continents, other realms, lower to know the continents, the worlds and nether regions is gained by the revolve. earthly regions, the heavenly the world, and the nether regions of and underworlds... oceans of light. worlds, work together by Deep Suniai dīp loa pātāl. and the nether regions. mortal by hearing the name of God. plateaux and the nether worlds stand the underworld. Listening. revealed. suixAY poih n skY kwlu ] By hearing God's name, death cannot Death cannot touch and come near Through listening death does not By communion with the word, we can Listening – death cannot even touch By listening, death cannot touch you. Listening… beyond time. Deeply Listening, death cannot touch torment man. the mortal by hearing the name of touch. escape unscathed through the portals you. you. Suniai pohe na sakai kāl. God. of death. nwnk Bgqw sdw ivgwsu ] Nanak says, the devotees are ever in Nanak says, that saints always Nanak says, through listening O Nanak, His devotees live in O Nanak, the devotees are forever in Oh Nanak, the devotees are always O Nanak! God's lovers bloom forever. Nanak, those who surrender bliss, remain blissful. devotees attain bliss. perpetual ecstasy. bliss. blooming. themselves in Love to the Divine Nānak bhagtā sadā vigās. continually blossom and bloom. suixAY dUK pwp kw nwsu ]8] By hearing Lord's name, pain and sin Diseases and sins are destroyed by And sin and sorrow are destroyed. For the word washes away all sin and Listening – pain and sin are erased. By listening comes the destruction of Listening destroys all pain and error. Deeply Listening, sorrows and errors are destroyed. hearing the name of God. sorrow. pain and sin. depart. Suniai dūkh pāp kā nās. (8)

(9) gives expansion suixAY eIsru brmw ieMdu ] By hearing Lord's name, the status of The status and power of Shiva, god of Through listening Vishnu, Brahma By communion with the word, one Listening – Shiva, Brahma and Indra. By listening, Shiva, Brahma and Listening… men become gods. Deeply Listening, the three aspects of Brahma, Shiva and Indra is attained. death, of Brahma, god of creation, and Indra came into being. can attain the powers of Shiva, Indra... the Divine - Generator, Organizer, Suniai īsar barmā ind. and of Indra, god of rain, are obtained Brahma and Indra. Deliverer/Destroyer, maintain their by hearing the name of God. balance and dance. suixAY muiK swlwhx mMdu ] By hearing His name, even the evil Even a sinner begins uttering praises The most sinful will sing his praises. By communion with the word, one Listening – even foul-mouthed people By listening, praise comes in the Listening… praise comes from the Deeply Listening, even those with an ones sing Lord's praises. of God, after listening the name of can win esteem from all irrespective praise Him. mouth of a bad person. mouth of the most negative person. imbalanced mind praise Thee with Suniai mukh sālāhan mand. God. of one's past. their lips. suixAY jog jugiq qin Byd ] By hearing God's Name, one gets the By hearing the name of God, the And the secrets of yoga and the By communion with the word, one Listening – the technology of yoga By listening, the way of yoga and the Listening… the way of yoga and the Deeply Listening, yoga and the True Yoga and comes to know the method of realising Him and the mysteries of the body are revealed. can have yogic insight with the and the secrets of the body. secrets of the body... body's secrets. hidden systems of the body make Suniai jog jugat tan bhed. secrets of existence. secrets of human body become mysteries of life and self all revealed. themselves known. known. suixAY swsq isimRiq vyd ] By hearing the Lord's name, the Knowledge of the four religious Through listening all the scriptures By communion with the word, one Listening – the shastras, the Simritis By listening, the shastras, the Listening… all holy books and Deeply Listening, the wisdom of all knowledge of shastras (philosophy books, the six schools of philosophy, and teachings are known. can acquire the true import of the and the Vedas. Simritis, the Vedas... (all the sacred scriptures. sacred scriptures in the world is Suniai sāsat simrit ved. books), Simritis (books on and the twenty-four ceremonial shastras, smritis and Vedas. books) revealed. ceremonies) and Vedas (four treaties is attained by hearing the religious books) is obtained. name of God. nwnk Bgqw sdw ivgwsu ] Nanak says, the devotees are ever in Nanak says, that saints always Nanak says, through listening O Nanak, His devotees live in O Nanak, the devotees are forever in Oh Nanak, the devotees are always O Nanak! God's lovers bloom forever. Nanak, those who surrender bliss, remain blissful. devotees attain bliss. perpetual ecstasy. bliss. blooming. themselves in Love to the Divine Nānak bhagtā sadā vigās. continually blossom and bloom. suixAY dUK pwp kw nwsu ]9] By hearing Lord's name, pain and sin Diseases and sins are destroyed by And sin and sorrow are destroyed. For the word washes away all sin and Listening – pain and sin are erased. By listening comes the destruction of Listening destroys all pain and error. Deeply Listening, sorrows and errors are destroyed. hearing the name of God. sorrow. pain and sin. depart. Suniai dūkh pāp kā nās. (9)

(10) grants grace suixAY squ sMqoKu igAwnu ] By listening Lord's name, Truthfulness, contentment, and divine Through listening all truth and By communion with the word, one Listening – truth, contentment and By listening, truth, patience and Listening… Truth, patience, wisdom. Deeply Listening, truth, complete, truthfulness, contentment and divine knowledge are obtained by hearing contentment are attained. becomes the abode of truth, spiritual wisdom. wisdom... utter contentment and genuine Suniai sat santokh giān. knowledge are acquired. the name of God. contentment and true knowledge. wisdom will be with you within you. suixAY ATsiT kw iesnwnu ] By hearing God's name, a reward Spiritual benefit of the bath at sixty- And the virtue of bathing at the sixty- By communion with the word, one Listening – take your cleansing bath Listening is the equivalent of bathing Listening… bathing at all holy places. Deeply Listening, the purity from equivalent to sixty-eight holy ablutions eight holy places is obtained by eight holy places is gained. gets the fruit of ablution at sixty-eight at the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage. at the 68 holy places of pilgrimage. bathing in all sacred waters will Suniai athsath kā isnān. is obtained. hearing the name of God. pilgrimage. cleanse you. suixAY piV piV pwvih mwnu ] By hearing and constantly reading One gets honours by hearing and And through listening again and again By communion with the word, one Listening – reading and reciting, By listening, studying and studying Listening… reading and reading gains Deeply Listening, the same honour God's name, one gets honoured. reading again and again the name of honour is earned. wins the honour of the learned. honour is obtained. they obtain worldly honour. honour comes as if you had continually read Suniai par par pāvehe mān. God. and studied. suixAY lwgY shij iDAwnu ] By hearing Lord's name, one can One is absorbed in the meditation of Through listening spontaneous By communion with the word, one Listening – intuitively grasp the By listening, one-pointed Listening… concentration comes Deeply Listening brings you to the easily concentrate in mediation. God easily by hearing the name of meditation happens. attains the state of ease. essence of meditation. concentration comes easily. easy. point of one-pointedness, flowing with Suniai lāgai sahej dhiān. God. the continual flow of the Divine Spirit in meditative delight. nwnk Bgqw sdw ivgwsu ] Nanak says, the devotees are ever in Nanak says, that saints always Nanak says, through listening O Nanak, His devotees live in O Nanak, the devotees are forever in Oh Nanak, the devotees are always O Nanak! God's lovers bloom forever. Nanak, those who surrender bliss, remain blissful. devotees attain bliss. perpetual ecstasy. bliss. blooming. themselves in Love to the Divine Nānak bhagtā sadā vigās. continually blossom and bloom. suixAY dUK pwp kw nwsu ]10] By hearing Lord's name, pain and sin Diseases and sins are destroyed by And sin and sorrow are destroyed. For the word washes away all sin and Listening – pain and sin are erased. By listening comes the destruction of Listening destroys all pain and error. Deeply Listening, sorrows and errors are destroyed. hearing the name of God. sorrow. pain and sin. depart. Suniai dūkh pāp kā nās. (10)

(11) gives virtues suixAY srw guxw ky gwh ] By hearing Lord's name, one dives One dives deep into the ocean of Through listening the highest virtues By communion with the word, one Listening – dive deep into the ocean By listening, extremely deep oceans Listening… deep oceans of grace. Deeply Listening, recognize the deep into the ocean of virtues. virtues by hearing the name of God. are acquired. becomes the abode of all virtues. of virtue. of vitue... ocean of virtues within you. Suniai sarā gunā ke gāh. suixAY syK pIr pwiqswh ] By listening Lord's name, one gains Mortal becomes a scholar, a spiritual Sage, saint, and king come into By communion with the word, one Listening – the sheiks, religious By listening, Sufi gurus, Muslim saints Listening… kings, emperors, saints. Deeply Listening become in tune with status of a scholar, spiritual guide and guide, and an emperor by hearing the being. becomes a sheikh, a pir, and a true scholars, spiritual teachers and and emperors... Spirit, perfectly balanced in your own Suniai sekh pīr pātisāh. a king. name of God. spiritual king. emperors. humanity and nobility. suixAY AMDy pwvih rwhu ] By hearing God's name, the blind find The blind sees the way by hearing the And the blind find the path. By communion with the word, the Listening – even the blind find the By listening, the blind one finds the Listening… blind ones find the Path. Deeply Listening, even blind you will their way. name of God. spiritually blind find their way to path. path. find your way. Suniai andhe pāvehe rāhu. realisation. suixAY hwQ hovY Asgwhu ] By hearing God's name, the Unfathomable Lord becomes Through listening the fathomless is By communion with the word, one Listening – the unreachable comes By listening, the unfathomable come Listening… the unknown is known. Deeply Listening, understand the unfathomable is grasped. fathomable by hearing the name of fathomed. crosses beyond the limitless ocean of within your grasp. within reach. unfathomable. Suniai hāth hovai asgāhu. God. illusionary matter. nwnk Bgqw sdw ivgwsu ] Nanak says, the devotees are ever in Nanak says, that saints always Nanak says, through listening O Nanak, His devotees live in O Nanak, the devotees are forever in Oh Nanak, the devotees are always O Nanak! God's lovers bloom forever. Nanak, those who surrender bliss, remain blissful. devotees attain bliss. perpetual ecstasy. bliss. blooming. themselves in Love to the Divine Nānak bhagtā sadā vigās. continually blossom and bloom. suixAY dUK pwp kw nwsu ]11] By hearing Lord's name, pain and sin Diseases and sins are destroyed by And sin and sorrow are destroyed. For the word washes away all sin and Listening – pain and sin are erased. By listening comes the destruction of Listening destroys all pain and error. Deeply Listening, sorrows and errors are destroyed. hearing the name of God. sorrow. pain and sin. depart. Suniai dūkh pāp kā nās. (11)

(12) gives solidarity of self with self- respect and impressiveness mMny kI giq khI n jwie ] Those who obey the Lord, their state The state of mind of the devotee who The state of contemplation cannot be None can describe the condition of The state of the faithful cannot be The state of consciousness of a If you merge with the God inside, your Trust what you hear when you listen - of faith cannot be described. obeys the Lord cannot be described. expressed. one who has made God's will his described. person who agrees with God cannot state of consciousness cannot be even though you won’t be able to Manne kī gat kahī na jāe. own. be described. described. explain it to anyone, jy ko khY ipCY pCuqwie ] If someone tries to describe, he One trying to describe it will have to Whoever attempts it will afterwards Whoever tries to do so, must realise One who tries to describe this shall If somebody tries to describe, Anyone who tries will be sorry he And even if you do talk about it, you’ll repents afterwards. repent it afterwards. repent. his folly. regret the attempt. afterwards they regret it. tried. just regret it afterwards. Je ko kahai pichhai pachhutāe. kwgid klm n ilKxhwru ] There is no paper, pen and scribe, There is neither the paper and pen There is no paper, no pen, no writer, No supply of paper, pen, or scribe, No paper, no pen, no scribe, There is no paper, no pen, no writer No writer can write it. No pen can list There is no person who, with their nor the writer, it. pen, has the power to describe all Kāgad kalam na likhanhār. that is heard when you Deeply Listen. mMny kw bih krin vIcwru ] with whom one can sit and reflect Who can sit and describe the state of That can penetrate such a state. Can ever describe the state of such a Can record the state of the faithful. who can sit and reflect on a the state Even those who have sat and Those who sit together and trust what over the state of mind of the obeyer. the devotee who obeys God. one. of a person who agrees with God. reflected have missed it. they hear when they listen are doing Manne kā behe karan vīchār. the most powerful meditation. AYsw nwmu inrMjnu hoie ] Such is the name of the immaculate Such is the pure name of God, The name of the flawless one is such. O, great is the power of the word, Such is the name of the immaculate Such is the name, a person becomes Such is the Naam. It makes you pure. Such is that True Spirit within me that Lord. unaffected by maya. Lord. most pure, it makes me become pure, clear and Aisā nām niranjan hoe. sweet. jy ko mMin jwxY min koie ]12] If someone obeys God, such a rare One obeying God realises the bliss That only contemplating can know it. But few there be that know it. Only one who has faith comes to if they agree and know that If you let go and surrender, your mind If you trust what you hear when you person understands in his mind the given by such obedience in his mind. know such a state of mind. agreement into the very mind of it. becomes sure. listen, that knowing becomes the Je ko mann jānai man koe. (12) bliss thereof. psyche through which you reflect, understand and act.

(13) gives occult knowledge of infinity and intuition mMnY suriq hovY min buiD ] To one who truly believes in His By obeying God, consciousness, Through contemplation is By practice of the word, one rises into The faithful have intuitive awareness One agrees, and the power to listen When you surrender, you tune in, By trusting what you hear when you Name, comes the wisdom of the divine knowledge, and understanding remembrance born in mind and universal consciousness and and intelligence. and mental intuition happen. become wise. listen, the Truth of your own inner Mannai surat hovai man budh. Divine. are acquired. intellect. develops right understanding. consciousness will saturate your psyche with wisdom and deep understanding. mMnY sgl Bvx kI suiD ] By truly believing in God, the Knowledge of all the spheres is And awareness of the universe By practice of the word, one develops The faithful know about all worlds and One who agrees gains knowledge of When you surrender, you know all the By trusting what you hear when you knowledge of all the spheres is acquired by obeying God. acquired. clairvoyance and transvision of the realms. all the universes. universes and worlds. listen, you shall dwell in all mansions Mannai sagal bhavan kī sudh. acquired. whole creation. of learning. mMnY muih cotw nw Kwie ] The worshipper does not get blows Believer in God does not get blows of You cease to repent your words. By practice of the word, one is freed The faithful shall never be struck One who agrees will not be slapped When you surrender, you gain dignity In trusting what you hear when you on his face, is not disgraced. death on his face. from sorrow and suffering. across the face. on the face. and grace. listen, the blows and insults of others Mannai muhe chotā nā khāe. will not affect you. mMnY jm kY swiQ n jwie ] By belief in the Lord, he does not One who obeys God will not be And gain freedom from the God of By practice of the word, one shall not The faithful do not have to go with the One who agrees does not go along When you surrender, death cannot By trusting what you hear when you come before death's minister. caught by the God of death. death. go to Yama after his death. messenger of death. with the god of death. touch you. listen, death will have no power over Mannai jam kai sāth na jāe. you. AYsw nwmu inrMjnu hoie ] Such is the name of the immaculate Such is the pure name of God, The name of the flawless one is such. 0, great is the power of the word. Such is the name of the immaculate Such is the name, a person becomes Such is the Naam. It makes you pure. Such is that True Spirit within me that Lord. unaffected by maya. Lord. most pure, it makes me become pure, clear and Aisā nām niranjan hoe. sweet. jy ko mMin jwxY min koie ]13] If someone obeys God, such a rare One obeying God realises the bliss That only contemplating can know it. But few there be that know it. Only one who has faith comes to if they agree and know that If you let go and surrender, your mind If you trust what you hear when you person understands in his mind the given by such obedience in his mind. know such a state of mind. agreement into the very mind of it. becomes sure. listen, that knowing becomes the Je ko mann jānai man koe. (13) bliss thereof. psyche through which you reflect, understand and act.

(14) shows you your path, direction, an d destiny in life mMnY mwrig Twk n pwie ] The believer does not get any One who obeys God will face no Through contemplation the path is By practice of the word, one speeds The path of the faithful shall never be One who agrees finds no obstruction When you surrender, your path In trusting what you hear when you obstacle in the way. hindrance in his way. cleared of all obstacles. on to the higher spiritual planes blocked. on their path. becomes clear. listen, there will be no obstacles on Mannai mārag thāk na pāe. unhindered. your path. mMnY piq isau prgtu jwie ] The believer departs with honour and One who obeys God goes to next And man departs with dignity and By practice of the word, one gets into The faithful shall depart with honour One who agrees goes radiantly with When you surrender, you go Home In trusting what you hear when you renown. world with honour and fame. honour. the spiritual plane openly and and fame. honour. with honour listen, radiance and honour will be Mannai pat sio pargat jāe. honourably. with you. mMnY mgu n clY pMQu ] The believer does not walk in the One who obeys God is not misled One is saved from wandering astray. By practice of the word, one escapes The faithful do not follow empty By agreeing, the path goes not on When you surrender, you are not of In trusting what you hear when you worldly ways of rituals. and does not practise worldly rites the by-paths of Yama, the king of religious rituals. worldly ways. this world. listen, there’ll be no need to take Mannai mag na chalai panth. and rituals. death. short-cuts on your journey. mMnY Drm syqI snbMDu ] The believer acts sincerely and One who obeys God loves truth. And connection to religion is By practice of the word, one gets in The faithful are firmly bound to the By agreeing comes alliance with When you surrender, you embrace In trusting what you hear when you righteously. established. close touch with the truth. dharma. dharma. the Dharma. listen, Dharma, the path of Divine Mannai dharam setī sanbandh. discipline and law, will guide your whole life. AYsw nwmu inrMjnu hoie ] Such is the name of the immaculate Such is the pure name of God, The name of the flawless one is such. 0, great is the power of the word. Such is the name of the immaculate Such is the name, a person becomes Such is the Naam. It makes you pure. Such is that True Spirit within me that Lord. unaffected by maya. Lord. most pure, it makes me become pure, clear and Aisā nām niranjan hoe. sweet. jy ko mMin jwxY min koie ]14] If someone obeys God, such a rare One obeying God realises the bliss That only contemplating can know it. But few there be that know it. Only one who has faith comes to if they agree and know that If you let go and surrender, your mind If you trust what you hear when you person understands in his mind the given by such obedience in his mind. know such a state of mind. agreement into the very mind of it. becomes sure. listen, that knowing becomes the Je ko mann jānai man koe. (14) bliss thereof. psyche through which you reflect, understand and act.

(15) brings liberation mMnY pwvih moKu duAwru ] The obeyer of the Lord's commands One who obeys God reaches the Through contemplation alone the By practice of the word, one finally The faithful find the door of liberation. In agreeing, they obtain the tenth When you surrender, your tenth gate Trust what you hear when you listen reaches the door of salvation. door of salvation. door to liberation is attained. attains salvation. gate. opens. and find the door of liberation. Mannai pāvehe mokh duār. mMnY prvwrY swDwru ] The obeyer liberates his kith and kin. One who obeys God reforms his And the family can be saved. By practice of the word, one leads The faithful uplift and redeem their In agreeing, one's relatives go across. When you let go, your family is saved. Trust what you hear when you listen, family members. one's kith and kin as well to freedom. family and relations. and bring all your loved ones along. Mannai parvārai sādhār. mMnY qrY qwry guru isK ] The obeyer of the Lord saves himself One who obeys God swims across Through it, the Guru is delivered and By practice of the word, one saves The faithful are saved and carried In agreeing, they cross and make the When you let go, you cross over the Trust what you hear when you listen. and saves the disciples of the Guru. the world ocean and causes true helps his disciples across. not only himself but when he across with the of the Guru. students of the Guru cross. ocean, taking the Guru's Sikhs by You will swim across all difficulties Mannai tarai tāre gur sikh. disciples of the Guru to do so. becomes an adept, many others your side. and your very presence will carry whom he guides. others across, as well. And that is what it means to be a Sikh of the Guru, a seeker of Divine wisdom, who walks from the darkness of ego to the light of your own purity and spirit. mMnY nwnk Bvih n iBK ] Nanak says, the believer does not go One who obeys God never has an They need no longer beg for alms. By practice of the word, one freed The faithful, O Nanak, do not wander In agreeing, Oh Nanak, people do not O Nanak! When you surrender, you Trust what you hear when you listen. begging. occasion to beg. from desires, escapes from the wheel around begging. wander as beggars. never wander this earth as a beggar Nanak, even if you wander lost, there Mannai Nānak bhavehe na bhikh. of transmigration. again. will be no need to beg for anything. AYsw nwmu inrMjnu hoie ] Such is the name of the immaculate Such is the pure name of God, The name of the flawless one is such. 0, great is the power of the word. Such is the name of the immaculate Such is the name, a person becomes Such is the Naam. It makes you pure. Such is that True Spirit within me that Lord. unaffected by maya. Lord. most pure, it makes me become pure, clear and Aisā nām niranjan hoe. sweet. jy ko mMin jwxY min koie ]15] If someone obeys God, such a rare One obeying God realises the bliss That only contemplating can know it. But few there be that know it. Only one who has faith comes to if they agree and know that If you let go and surrender, your mind If you trust what you hear when you person understands in his mind the given by such obedience in his mind. know such a state of mind. agreement into the very mind of it. becomes sure. listen, that knowing becomes the Je ko mann jānai man koe. (15) bliss thereof. psyche through which you reflect, understand and act.

(16) gives knowledge of the structure of the universe pMc prvwx pMc prDwnu ] Those chosen by God are Saints are supreme and are approved Five are the tests and the ministers. The saint (or the word personified) is The chosen ones, the self-elect, are The elected ones are acceptable, The chosen are worthy. The chosen, Those who, in the Purity of their own acceptable. The chosen ones are by God. acceptable at His court and is the accepted and approved. the elected ones are supreme. supreme. Spirits, have recognized their Panch parvān panch pardhān. supreme. chief elect therein. essential union with God - they become the Living Lights on the earth to whom all Creation bows. pMcy pwvih drgih mwnu ] The chosen ones obtain honour at the Saints gain honour in the court of They gain shelter and respect at His The saint is honoured even by kings. The chosen ones are honoured in the The elected ones find worldly honour The chosen are honoured in the Holding the Truth of the Divine within Lord's Portal. God. door. court of the Lord. in the court. courts of kings. their very auras, they become true Panche pāvehe dargehe mān. leaders on the earth. In the Royal Court of the Divine those who have recognized their own purity receive the greatest honours pMcy sohih dir rwjwnu ] These beings look beautiful at the God's saints look beautiful in God's They decorate the king's court. The saint adorns the threshold of The chosen ones look beautiful in the The elected ones are beautiful in the The chosen look beautiful in the Standing at the door of the Divine, the Portal of the King. court. God. courts of kings. court of kings. kingdom of heaven. supreme and noble Leader of Panche sohehe dar rājān. leaders, they are radiant. pMcw kw guru eyku iDAwnu ] The chosen ones centre their Saints concentrate their minds on the Attention is the Guru of the five. The saint lives by and meditates on The chosen ones meditate single- The elected ones' one focussed The chosen meditate focused on the The Pure Ones, through the Guru attention only on the Guru. Guru alone. the one word. mindedly on the Guru. attention is the Guru. Guru. meditate on the One. Panchā kā gur ek dhiān. jy ko khY krY vIcwru ] However much one may speak or One may reflect on God and describe Whatever you will say, consider well Whoever discusses and expounds No matter how much anyone tries to If somebody says it and does deep If someone speaks from his deep By doing the deepest reflection, reflect, Him as much as possible, first, the mystery of His creation, explain and describe them, reflection, meditation, Je ko kahai karai vīchār. krqy kY krxY nwhI sumwru ] still there can be no enumeration of Yet the doings of God cannot be For the doings of the doer are Realises that the works of the creator The actions of the creator cannot be still they cannot enumerate or he still cannot count all the acts of Still - the Doer of doers cannot be the Creator's doings. counted. impossible to assess. are beyond reckoning. counted. comprehend the action of the Creator. creation. contained or comprehended. Karte kai karnai nāhī sumār.

DOlu Drmu dieAw kw pUqu ] The mythical bull is piety, born of The mythical bull, representing piety, Religion upholds the earth and is born Dharam, word born of His grace, is The mythical bull is dharma, the son The bull is the Dharma, son of Dharma is the support of the earth, Dharma, the divinely-given spiritual compassion, is the outcome of the compassion of out of compassion, the proverbial bull, of compassion, compassion, born of compassion and kindness. law and discipline, is the Bull upon Dhaul dharam dayā kā pūt. God. which the entire Universe rests and is born as the son of Mother Compassion. sMqoKu Qwip riKAw ijin sUiq ] which is patiently maintaining the It holds the earth at its position with Establishes contentment and creates That is harmoniously sustaining the This is what patiently holds the earth who, having established patience, It patiently holds the thread of Deep and continuous patience is the world. patience. balance. creation. in its place. holds the thread. creation together. mantra and the thread which holds it Santokh thāp rakhiā jin sūt. all in place and binds everything together. jy ko buJY hovY sicAwru ] If someone understands, how much One will be called true if he realises Whoever understands becomes the Whosoever realises this verily knows One who understands this becomes If somebody understands this, they Understand this and become a If someone understands this, then load there is on the bull, one this. truth. the truth. truthful. become a person of truth. person of Truth. that person becomes the Custodian Je ko bujhai hovai sachiār. becomes a true person. of Truth. DvlY aupir kyqw Bwru ] If he can know as to how much And knows the burden religion bears. It is nothing but the word, that is What a great load there is on the bull. What a weight does the bull sustain! What a great load the Dharma How much weight does the Bull of weight is placed on the supposed carrying the crushing load of the sustains! Divine Law carry on its back? Dhavlai upar ketā bhār. bull. entire creation. DrqI horu prY horu horu ] There are more worlds beyond this Beyond this earth there are many There are many worlds and many For were this earth upheld by a bull, So many worlds beyond this world - There are countless earths beyond. There are worlds beyond worlds. There are so many lands, here and earth, more and more. more and more earths. more beyond them. that in turn must be supported by so very many. beyond. Dhartī hor parai hor hor. some other planet and that by another, and so on ad infinitum: What a tremendous load! iqs qy Bwru qlY kvxu joru ] What power is that which supports What power bears their load from What power assumes their weight? What other power could support it? What power holds them, and supports What power holds the weight of all What holds them each in their orbit? What power is there that supports him their weight from underneath? underneath? None, but the word. their weight? these planets? and what he carries? Tis te bhār talai kavan jor. jIA jwiq rMgw ky nwv ] The kinds, colours and names of all There is the ever flowing pen of God. Creatures by all forms and colours There is no end to the creation. There The names and the colours of the The names of the colours and all the The names of the countless The names, and the colours of all the beings are created by His writ. are countless forms of life with varied assorted species of beings. kinds of beings, colours; different souls, Jī jāt rangā ke nāv. names, species, and colours. sBnw iliKAw vuVI klwm ] have been written by God's flowing It inscribed various kinds, colours, But only few know the rule to tell it. Writ on the objective world by the Were all inscribed by the ever-flowing if all those are written by a pen that the many sorts of creatures; Are continuously written by the same pen. and names of all the things. everflowing pen of the creator. pen of God. does not stop: they all flow like ink from an endlessly Pen. Sabhnā likhiā vurī kalām. moving pen. eyhu lyKw iliK jwxY koie ] Only a few know how to pen this Even if some know how to write this Can anyone write the account of this Who can reckon His creation? Who knows how to write this If someone knew to write all this, If someone could actually write all this If someone were to try to know Thee account. account, mystery? account? down, by writing all that You have written, Ehu lekhā likh jānai koe. lyKw iliKAw kyqw hoie ] How voluminous the scribed scroll What big volume of such a writing If it were written how great it would And if one could, how great would be Just imagine what a huge scroll it then how much writing would be can you imagine how much writing How much writing would it take? would be? would be? be. the count? would take. written? that would be? Lekhā likhiā ketā hoe. kyqw qwxu suAwilhu rUpu ] How great are Thine power and How much power and fascinating What strength and power. How How great is His power and how What power. What fascinating beauty. What power, what beautiful form! What divine music! How many forms are there awesome fascinating beauty, 0 Lord? beauty of God is? beautiful His appearance. beautiful His handiwork? What beautiful forms! in their power and beauty? Ketā tān suālihu rūp. kyqI dwiq jwxY kOxu kUqu ] How great is Thy gift? Who can How grand is God's gift? Who can How great His charity, who can Who can count the measure of His And what gifts. Who can know their Who can know the extent of all these What incredible gifts untold! How many gifts? Who can know their assess its extent? assess its extent? conceive it? sweet bounty? extent? gifts? limits? Ketī dāt jānai kaun kūt. kIqw pswau eyko kvwau ] With one word of His, God's one word created the world's His single word creates His vast With one word of His, this vast You created the vast expanse of the One gesture made, one word: One gesture, one word, With one gesture You, Oh Divine expansion. expanse. creation blossomed into being. universe with one word. One, Kītā pasāo eko kavāo. iqs qy hoey lK drIAwau ] the whole universe came into being, And lacs of rivers began to flow. Infinite mountains and rivers, the And a thousand streams (of life) Hundreds of thousands of rivers From that, ten thousand rivers and ten thousand rivers flow! Created the entire Universe. From and from there, millions of rivers of animate and inanimate. sprang into existence. began to flow. happen. that, 100,000 rivers come into being - Tis te hoe lakh darīāo. life began to flow. currents that run through, nurturing the cycle of life. kudriq kvx khw vIcwru ] What power have I to describe Thy What power can describe God or His How shall I think about it? What power have I to conceive of Thy How can Your creative potency be How can I speak and reflect on the How can I speak or reflect on this What of Your universal, unfathomable teachings? schemes? wonderful nature? described? power of Infinity? power? and profoundly feminine creative Kudrat kavan kahā vīchār. power can I speak or reflect? vwirAw n jwvw eyk vwr ] I cannot even once be a sacrifice unto I cannot even once be a sacrifice to However much I offer myself could Too poor am I to make an offering of I cannot even once be a sacrifice to I cannot offer myself even one time. I cannot be a sacrifice even one time. I cannot even once be a sacrifice to Thee. You, my God. never be enough. my life to Thee. You. Thee. Vāriā na jāvā ek vār. jo quDu BwvY sweI BlI kwr ] Whatever pleases Thee is the only Whatever pleases God is a good Whatever pleases You, O Lord, is Whatever pleases You, is good. Whatever pleases You is the only What pleases You is a good action. I want to do only what pleases Thee. What pleases Thee is the only good good pursuit. undertaking. best for me. good done. worth doing. Jo tudh bhāvai sāī bhalī kār. qU sdw slwmiq inrMkwr ]16] Thou art ever safe and sound, 0 Lord, the formless, ever exists without You are the formless, the almighty – Thou art forevermore, O formless You, eternal and formless one. You are always at peace and Formless... Peaceful... Divine... Oh Divine Spirit, You are ever Formless One. any fear. You who abide forever. One. formless. indestructible, unbound and beyond Tū sadā salāmat nirankār. (16) Form.

(17) brings freedom and resurrection

AsMK jp AsMK Bwau ] Countless are the ways of recitation Ways of meditation on God and of There are countless ways to repeat Countless there are that remember Countless meditations, countless Countless are the chants, Countless chant. Countless love. Countless are those who call on and countless the ways of devotion. those, who meditate on Him with His name and express devotion. Thee, and countless those that love loves. countless is the love. Thee. Countless those who love. Asankh jap asankh bhāo. devotion, are countless. Thee. AsMK pUjw AsMK qp qwau ] Countless are the forms of worship. Ways of worshipping God are Countless ways of worship and Countless there are that worship Countless worship services, Countless are the kinds of worship, Countless do worship and create Countless those who do the Countless the modes of doing countless, and those who practice purification. Thee, and countless those that seek countless austere disciplines. countless is the creation of psychic inner heat. ceremonies of fire. Countless those Asankh pūjā asankh tap tāo. penance. penance, are countless. Thee in austerity and penance. heat. who purify themselves through their inner fire. AsMK grMQ muiK vyd pwT ] Countless are those who recite holy Scriptures are countless and those, There are countless scriptures and Countless there are that recite from Countless scriptures, and ritual Countless are the books, Countless read books and recite the Countless the revered and learned scriptures, Vedas, from memory. who can recite Vedas extempore, are countless mouths to recite them. sacred books Thy praises. recitations of the Vedas. and recitations of Vedas by heart. scriptures. ones who recite and speak Your Asankh granth mukh ved pāth. countless. sacred words. AsMK jog min rhih audws ] Countless are the Yogis whose mind Yogis, who in their minds have no Countless ways of yoga to make the Countless those that, absorbed in Countless yogis, whose minds remain Countless are the yogis who live Countless yogis live unattached… Countless those who practice Yoga, remains detached from this world. attachment for the world, are mind dispassionate. yoga, stand indifferent to the world. detached from the world. detached in the mind. and live detached from their own Asankh jog man rahehe udās. countless. minds. AsMK Bgq gux igAwn vIcwr ] Countless are Thy Devotees in True devotees, who reflect over the There are countless devotees who Countless those Thy devotees who Countless devotees contemplate the Countless are the devotees, virtues, Countless devotees. Countless Countless those who have pursuit of Thy knowledge and virtue. excellences and knowledge of God, contemplate His virtues and contemplate Thy attributes and wisdom and virtues of the Lord. knowledge and deep reflection. virtues. Countless knowledge and surrendered themselves in love and Asankh bhagat gun giān vīchār. are countless. knowledge. wisdom. deep meditation. devotion to Thee, gathering virtue, wisdom and deep reflection. AsMK sqI AsMK dwqwr ] Countless are pious men and Pious mortals and those who Countless who are virtuous and Countless those that practice truth Countless the holy, countless the Countless are the truthful ones, Countless people of Truth, and Countless the respectful persons. countless the men of bounty. distribute charities, are countless. generous. and charity. givers. countless are the givers. givers. Countless the givers. Asankh satī asankh dātār.

AsMK sUr muh BK swr ] Countless are the warriors who bear Countless are the warriors, who bear There are countless brave men who Countless are the heroes that boldly Countless heroic spiritual warriors, Countless are the heroes who eat Countless heroes who face steel Countless the heroes who bear the the strokes of steel on their faces. the brunt on their face. risk their lives for Him. face the foeman's steel. who bear the brunt of the attack in steel with their mouths (face death in without fear. brunt of battle. Asankh sūr muh bhakh sār. battle, who with their mouths eat battle). steel. AsMK moin ilv lwie qwr ] Countless are the sages who silently, Saints, who remain silent, and Countless who vow to silence and Countless those who have vowed Countless silent sages, vibrating the Countless are the silent sages whose Countless are silent, suspended on a Countless those who live in silence, in deep love, contemplate on the meditate continuously on God with meditate on Him. silence, meditate on Thee with string of His love. longing to belong is like a string tied string of longing. attuned to Your Divine song. Asankh mon liv lāe tār. Lord. devotion, are countless. unceasing love. to their love. kudriq kvx khw vIcwru ] What power have I to describe Thy What power can describe God or His Nanak says, how shall I praise Him? What power have I to conceive of Thy How can Your creative potency be How can I speak and reflect on the How can I speak or reflect on this What of Your universal, unfathomable teachings? schemes? wonderful nature? described? power of Infinity? power? and profoundly feminine creative Kudrat kavan kahā vīchār. power can I speak or reflect? vwirAw n jwvw eyk vwr ] I cannot even once be a sacrifice unto I cannot even once be a sacrifice to However much I offer myself could Too poor am I to make an offering of I cannot even once be a sacrifice to I cannot offer myself even one time. I cannot be a sacrifice even one time. I cannot even once be a sacrifice to Thee. You. never be enough. my life to Thee. You. Thee. Vāriā na jāvā ek vār. jo quDu BwvY sweI BlI kwr ] Whatever pleases Thee is the only Whatever pleases God is a good Whatever pleases You, O Lord, is Whatever pleases You, is good. Whatever pleases You is the only What pleases You is a good action. I want to do only what pleases Thee. What pleases Thee is the only good good pursuit. undertaking. best for me. good done. worth doing. Jo tudh bhāvai sāī bhalī kār. qU sdw slwmiq inrMkwr ]17] Thou art ever safe and sound, 0 God, the formless, ever exists without You are the formless, the almighty – Thou art forevermore, O formless You, eternal and formless one. You are always at peace and Formless... Peaceful... Divine... Oh Divine Spirit, You are ever Formless One. any fear. You who abide forever. One. formless. indestructible, unbound and beyond Tū sadā salāmat nirankār. (17) Form.

(18) fights madness, deep feelings of inferiority, and self-destructive behaviour

AsMK mUrK AMD Gor ] Countless are the fools who are Countless are foolish persons and There are countless ignorant fools Innumerable are the fools, stark blind Countless fools, blinded by Countless are the horribly blind fools. Countless maniacs, horribly blind, Countless the weak persons who appallingly ignorant. those, who are spiritually completely and countless who are blind. in ignorance. ignorance. cannot stand to see the horrors of the Asankh mūrakh andh ghor. blind. world. AsMK cor hrwmKor ] Countless are the thieves and Countless are thieves and sinful Countless thieves and shirkers. Innumerable the thieves and crooks Countless thieves and embezzlers. Countless are the thieves and doers countless thieves and countless Countless the thieves who make their devourers of other's property. usurpers of others' property. that thrive on ill-gotten gains. of forbidden actions. sneaks. living by exploiting others. Asankh chor harāmkhor.

AsMK Amr kir jwih jor ] Countless depart after establishing Countless leave this world after There are countless numbers who Innumerable those that exercise Countless impose their will by force. Countless are the people who, Countless traitors who turn and flee. Countless those who use power in their rule by force. establishing their kingdoms by force. ruled by force before they departed. tyranny and oppression. thinking themselves immortal, live in the service of their own egos. Asankh amar kar jāhe jor. power. AsMK glvF hiqAw kmwih ] Countless are the throat cutters who Countless are cut-throats, who Countless murderers who earn only Innumerable the cut-throats living by Countless cut-throats and ruthless Countless are the cut-throats who Countless killers, countless villains, Countless those who do not tolerate commit murders. commit murders. by murder. heinous crimes. killers. perform criminal acts. what they don’t understand. Asankh galvadh hatiā kamāhe.

AsMK pwpI pwpu kir jwih ] Countless are the sinners who keep Countless are sinners who commit There are countless sinners who Innumerable those that revel in Countless sinners who keep on Countless are the sinners who, countless despots, countless freaks. Countless those who make so many on committing sins. sins. commit nothing but sin. shameless sins. sinning. having sinned, go. errors even their errors breed more Asankh pāpī pāp kar jāhe. errors. AsMK kUiVAwr kUVy iPrwih ] Countless are the liars who wander in Countless are liars, who practice Countless liars who live by their lies. Innumerable the liars that practise Countless liars, wandering lost in their Countless are the liars who are made Countless liars, lost in their lies. Countless those who are so wretched falsehood. falsehood and suffer transmigration. fraud and falsehood. lies. to wander in their lies. they spread wretchedness wherever Asankh kūriār kūre firāhe. they go. AsMK mlyC mlu BiK Kwih ] Countless are the wretches who eat Countless sinners are filthy and eat There are countless barbarians eating Innumerable the impious that live on Countless wretches, eating filth as Countless are the wretches who eat Countless wretches eating dirt. Countless those who do not know the filth as ration. and speak filth. only filth for food. unwholesome foods. their ration. filth. Divine is within them, and spend their Asankh malechh mal bhakh khāhe. lives turning humanity against each other. AsMK inMdk isir krih Bwru ] Countless are the slanderers who Countless are the slanderers, who Countless fault-finders who fill their Innumerable the slanderers who add Countless slanderers, carrying the Countless are the slanderers who Countless slanderers spreading their Countless those who never find carry loads of sins on their heads. carry loads of sins on their heads. heads with scandal. to their burden by calumniating weight of their stupid mistakes on carry the load on their heads. hurt. anything good to say and cloud their Asankh nindak sir karehe bhār. others. their heads. minds with their own negativity. nwnku nIcu khY vIcwru ] Nanak, the lowly, gives description. Humble Satguru Nanak submits to Thus Nanak ponders on the wicked Innumerable, the many for lowly Nanak describes the state of the Miserable Nanak speaks this deep Nanak, the lowly and humble one, Nanak, of my own weaknesses I God and says, and the low. Nanak to describe. lowly. reflection. speaks from his deep meditation; speak and see. Nānak nīch kahai vīchār. vwirAw n jwvw eyk vwr ] I cannot even once be a sacrifice unto I cannot even once be a sacrifice to However much I offer myself could Too poor am I to make an offering of I cannot even once be a sacrifice to I cannot offer myself even one time. I cannot be a sacrifice even one time. I cannot even once be a sacrifice to Thee. You. never be enough. my life to Thee. You. Thee. Vāriā na jāvā ek vār. jo quDu BwvY sweI BlI kwr ] Whatever pleases Thee is the only Whatever pleases God is a good Whatever pleases You, O Lord, is Whatever pleases You, is good. Whatever pleases You is the only What pleases You is a good action. I want to do only what pleases Thee. What pleases Thee is the only good good pursuit. undertaking. best for me. good done, worth doing. Jo tudh bhāvai sāī bhalī kār. qU sdw slwmiq inrMkwr ]18] Thou art ever safe and sound, 0 God, the formless, ever exists without You are the formless, the almighty – Thou art forevermore, O formless You, eternal and formless one. You are always at peace and Formless... Peaceful... Divine... Oh Divine Spirit, You are ever Formless One. any danger. You who abide forever. One. formless. indestructible, unbound and beyond Tū sadā salāmat nirankār. (18) Form.

(19) brings universal knowledge, inspiration, and revelation

AsMK nwv AsMK Qwv ] Countless are Thy Names and God's name and abodes are Countless are the names and the Countless Thy names and countless Countless names, countless places. Countless are the names, Countless names, countless places, Countless the spirits who come into countless Thy abodes. countless. places where You dwell. Thy places. countless are the places. form. Asankh nāv asankh thāv.

AgMm AgMm AsMK loA ] Countless are Thy realms, Inaccessible and inscrutable are Countless worlds that have never Unapproachable and inaccessible Inaccessible, unapproachable, Most inaccessible are the countless countless realms remote. Countless their enjoyment of the inaccessible and inscrutable. God's realms. been reached. Thy innumerable heavenly plateaux. countless celestial realms. realms. experience. Agamm agamm asankh loa.

AsMK khih isir Bwru hoie ] Even to call them myriads amounts to Even to say that they are countless, is To say countless is to burden the Even by the word countless, we fail to Even to call them countless is to carry Saying "countless" gets them a load Even to speak the word "countless" is There are so very many of them I carrying a load of sin on the head. to carry loads of sins on one's head. mind. describe Thee. the weight on your head. on their head (is presumptuous). really just a joke. cannot know them all. Asankh kahehe sir bhār hoe. Countless those who try to speak of these things - what a weight they burden their own minds with. AKrI nwmu AKrI swlwh ] With words Thy name is uttered and God's name and praises are uttered Through the letter comes the name, By words we describe Thee and by From the word, comes the naam, In sound units is the name, in sound In primal sounds are Naam and From beyond the beyond comes the with words Thou are praised. through words. and all the prayers. words we praise Thee. from the word, comes Your praise. units is praise. praise. vibration that lives within every Akhrī nām akhrī sālāh. creature. From beyond the beyond come all the voices that honour and praise this wondrous thing. AKrI igAwnu gIq gux gwh ] With words the songs of Thy God's virtues and knowledge are Through the letter is all knowledge By words, we acquire divine From the word, comes spiritual In sound units is knowledge, and they In primal sounds are knowledge and From Beyond the Beyond comes the knowledge and virtues are hymned. sung through words. and songs in His praise. knowledge, and in words are sung. wisdom, singing the songs of Your sing the songs of virtue. song. definition of wisdom, sacred writings Akhrī giān gīt gun gāh. glory. and virtue. From Beyond the Beyond comes all that is written, all that is spoken and all sacred Sound. AKrI ilKxu bolxu bwix ] With words we speak and write the The divine hymns are uttered and Through the letter is all writing and Thy hymns and attributes, it is words From the word, come the written and In sound units is the written and In primal sounds are words spoken From Beyond the Beyond comes the hymns of Thee. recorded in letters. speaking. we employ in speech and in writing. spoken words and hymns. spoken word. and written. instructions Akhrī likhan bolan bān.

AKrw isir sMjogu vKwix ] With letters on a person's forehead, The destiny of a mortal, written on his Through the letter are all events In them is our fate ordained. From the word, comes destiny, The sound units describe the blessed In primal sounds is your destiny Of how to attain complete union with his destiny is described. forehead, is declared in letters. destined, all destiny has already been written on one's forehead. destiny on our heads. written. the Divine and surrender yourself to Akhrā sir sanjog vakhān. written. the experience. ijin eyih ilKy iqsu isir nwih ] God, who wrote these destinies does God, who writes the destinies, has no But He who writes is beyond destiny. But He who ordains is above such But the one who wrote these words of The one who wrote these, on His The One who writes is beyond all The One who does all the writing, no not have These on His brow. such letters written on His forehead. writ. destiny – no words are written on His head there is nothing. that. one can write anything for Him. Jin eh likhe tis sir nāhe. forehead. ijv Purmwey iqv iqv pwih ] As He ordains so do we get. Mortals obtain that, which is ordained As You ordain, so do we receive. As He ordains, so do we receive. As He commands, so people get. As God commands, so people get. Living in the purity of one’s own self- by God. existence, that is how the True Spirit Jiv furmāe tiv tiv pāhe. comes. jyqw kIqw qyqw nwau ] As great is Thy creation, so great is Whatever has been created, is His All creation is His name. Thou art immanent in all. The created universe is the As great as is the creation, so great is As great as Creation, so great is That True Spirit is within all things Thy celebrity, Thy greatness is name, His own manifestation. manifestation of Your name. the name. Naam. and creates all things. Jetā kītā tetā nāo. witnessed by Thy creation. ivxu nwvY nwhI ko Qwau ] Without Thy name there is no place. There is no place without God's There is no place that is not His And nothing is where Thy word is not. Without Your name, there is no place Besides the name, there is not any Without it nothing could ever be done. Without that True Spirit nothing would name. name. at all. place. exist. Vin nāvai nāhī ko thāo. kudriq kvx khw vIcwru ] What power have I to describe Thy What power can describe God or His Nanak says, how shall I praise Him? What power have I to conceive of Thy How can I describe Your creative How can I speak and reflect on the How can I speak or reflect on this What of Your universal, unfathomable teachings? schemes? wonderful nature? power? power of Infinity? power? and profoundly feminine creative Kudrat kavan kahā vīchār. power can I speak or reflect? vwirAw n jwvw eyk vwr ] I cannot even once be a sacrifice unto I cannot even once be a sacrifice to However much I offer myself could Too poor am I to make an offering of I cannot even once be a sacrifice to I cannot offer myself even one time. I cannot be a sacrifice even one time. I cannot even once be a sacrifice to Thee. God. never be enough. my life to Thee. You. Thee. Vāriā na jāvā ek vār. jo quDu BwvY sweI BlI kwr ] Whatever pleases Thee is the only Whatever pleases God is a good Whatever pleases You, O Lord, is Whatever pleases You, is good. Whatever pleases You is the only What pleases You is a good action. I want to do only what pleases Thee. What pleases Thee is the only good good pursuit. undertaking. best for me. good done, worth doing. Jo tudh bhāvai sāī bhalī kār. qU sdw slwmiq inrMkwr ]19] Thou art ever safe and sound, 0 God, the formless, ever exists without You are the formless, the almighty – Thou art forevermore, O formless You, eternal and formless one. You are always at peace and Formless... Peaceful... Divine... Oh Divine Spirit, You are ever Formless One. any fear. You who abide forever. One. formless. indestructible, unbound and beyond Tū sadā salāmat nirankār. (19) Form.

(20) wipes away all your misdeeds

BrIAY hQu pYru qnu dyh ] When the hands, feet and other parts If hands, feet, and body are covered If the body is covered with dirt, When the hands, feet and the body When the hands and the feet and the The hand, the foot, the body, the When your hands, your feet and your When the hands, the feet, the whole of the body become dirty, with dust, are besmeared, body are dirty, physical structure is dirty. body are dirty, body becomes dirty, Bharīai hath pair tan dehe. pwxI DoqY auqrsu Kyh ] by washing them with water, the dust Their dust is washed with water. Water can wash it away. They are washed clean with water. Water can wash away the dirt. It is washed with water and dust is take water and wash all the dust Water washes it all away. is removed. removed. away. Pānī dhotai utras khehe. mUq plIqI kpVu hoie ] The garments polluted with urine When clothes are soiled with urine, If the clothes are soiled and polluted, When the clothes get dirty and When the clothes are soiled and When the clothes become polluted When your clothes become stained When clothes are stained with urine, polluted, stained by urine, with urine. with urine, Mūt palītī kapar hoe. dy swbUxu leIAY Ehu Doie ] are washed clean by using soap. These are washed with soap. Soap and water can wash them They are cleansed by soap. Soap can wash them clean. Soap has been given to wash them. take soap and wash out the stain. Soap and water removes the stain. clean. De sābūn laīai oh dhoe.

BrIAY miq pwpw kY sMig ] When the mind is polluted with sins, When mind becomes polluted with Even if mind is filled with evil, When one's mind gets defiled by sin, But when the intellect is stained and When the intellect is loaded with sin, When your mind becomes loaded But when our own psyches are sins, polluted by sin, with error and pain, polluted with the dirt that comes from Bharīai mat pāpā kai sang. the errors and pain we inflict on others, Ehu DopY nwvY kY rMig ] it can only be cleaned with the love of It is washed by colouring it with name. Love for His name can dye you in His It can be purified only by communion It can only be cleansed by the love of that intellect is washed with the love then wash your mind clean with the Only our True Selves can restore us the Name. hue. with the word. the name. of the name. love of the Name. to our original colour Oh dhopai nāvai kai rang. puMnI pwpI AwKxu nwih ] A person does not become virtuous Dubbing men by mere words of Saint or sinner are not empty words. Men do not become saints or sinners Virtue and vice do not come by mere Saints and sinners are made not Talking will never make you a saint. The virtuous, the unvirtuous, what a or vicious merely by words of mouth. mouth, does not make men virtuous merely by words. words, merely by speaking person says does not determine who Punnī pāpī ākhan nāhe. or sinful. he is. kir kir krxw iliK lY jwhu ] The often repeated actions are written Often repeated actions are engraved All our actions have been recorded. But they carry deeds with them Actions repeated, over and over Doing and doing actions, it is written, It's by the actions you do again and It is the actions we perform over and on the heart. on the heart and will be taken in wherever they go. again, are engraved on the soul. take it and go. again that you create your own life over again that get recorded and go Kar kar karnā likh lai jāhu. God's court. and death. along with us. Awpy bIij Awpy hI Kwhu ] As you sow, so shall you reap. Whatever one sows, he reaps. Man sows and he himself reaps the As one sows, so does one reap. You shall harvest what you plant. As you sow, so shall you eat. What you eat is what you sow. What seeds I sow, that food I have to harvest. eat. Āpe bīj āpe hī khāhu. nwnk hukmI Awvhu jwhu ]20] By God's order, Nanak says, humans Satguru Nanak says, man takes birth Nanak says, by divine order are some O Nanak, men come and go by the O Nanak, by the hukam of God's Oh Nanak, by His command one In God's will, O Nanak! We come and Nanak, in the Will of the Divine, we come and go. and dies by God's order. saved and others reborn. wheel of birth and death as ordained command, we come and go in comes and goes. go. come and we go. Nānak hukmī āvahu jāhu. (20) by His will. reincarnation.

(21) maintains your status, grace, and position qIrQu qpu dieAw dqu dwnu ] Pilgrimage, penance, compassion Pilgrimage, penance, compassion By visiting holy places, austerities, Pilgrimages, austerities, mercy, Pilgrimages, austere discipline, By bathing at pilgrimage places, by By going to church, by acting good, Sacred baths, practices of the inner and alms-giving get, and charity, compassion, and good deeds, charity and alms-giving, compassion and charity - creating psychic heat, by being kind by giving gifts, by sharing food, fire, kindness, giving gifts - Tirath tap dayā dat dān. and giving gifts, jy ko pwvY iql kw mwnu ] if any, a small honour. Give honour, if any, as insignificant as You may gain respect from others. Cease to be of any consequence, These, by themselves, bring only an if you get any of it, it will be only a just a small seed of honour is won. Even if someone has the sesame. when one gets an ingress into the iota of merit. sesame seed's worth of glory. consciousness to do these things, Je ko pāvai til kā mān. inner eye. it will only bring a sesame seed’s worth of honour suixAw mMinAw min kIqw Bwau ] Whoever heartily hears, believes and By faithfully hearing, believing and But he who listens to God and Communion with and practice of the Listening and believing with love and When you have listened, agreed and Listen..., let go..., let love fill your Deeply Listening, trusting what you loves God, loving the name of God, meditates on His name, holy word, with heart full of devotion, humility in your mind, loved in your mind, mind; hear when you listen, let your mind be Suniā manniā man kītā bhāo. kindled in love.

AMqrgiq qIriQ mil nwau ] obtains salvation by bathing in the Salvation is obtained and this His heart is filled with love and he is Procures admittance into the Inner Cleanse yourself with the name, at then cleanse yourself of filth at the wash away all dirt of the inner kind. Find the sacred bathing place within shrine within Him. amounts to taking bath in the true deeply cleansed. spiritual realms, washing away the the sacred shrine deep within. internal pilgrimage place. your own Self and wash off the filth. Antargat tīrath mal nāo. shrine, existing with one's self. dirt of sins at the sacred fount within. siB gux qyry mY nwhI koie ] All virtues are Thine, 0 Lord, I have Lord is the owner of all virtues, but I All virtues are Yours, O Lord. Nothing All virtues are Thine, O Lord, I All virtues are Yours, Lord, I have All qualities are thine, I have none. All virtues are Thine. I have none. All virtues are Yours, my Beloved. none. have no virtues. is in me. possess not one. none at all. Of my own, I have none at all. Sabh gun tere mai nāhī koe. ivxu gux kIqy Bgiq n hoie ] Without doing virtuous acts, Lord's Without obtaining virtuous qualities, Without virtuous actions, no true There can be no worship without Without virtue, there is no devotional Without developing virtues, devotion Without inner virtue there's no real And without Your virtues devotion to devotional service cannot be God's devotional service is not devotion exists. practising the holy word. worship. cannot happen. devotion. You is not even possible. Vin gun kīte bhagat na hoe. performed. possible. suAsiq AwiQ bwxI brmwau ] My obeisance is to the God, who I salute God, who is Himself worldly Yours is the only true word. You are From Thee has emanated the Bani, I bow to the Lord of the world, to His Hail unto You, primal word, Brahma! Hail to the primal Word! Creator! I am enamoured of Thee, O Primal himself created valuables and words wealth and is real Brahma and I utter the sound. You are Brahma. the holy word, which is the path to word, to Brahma the creator. One - beyond time and space, Suast āth banī barmāo. like Brahma etc. (Maya) His praises. salvation. who, through Your word, brings the creative forces of the universe into play. siq suhwxu sdw min cwau ] Thou are Truth, eternal beauty and God is true and beautiful and all joy Your power is magnificent and self- Thou art Truth, enchantingly sweet, He is beautiful, true and eternally Beautiful truth, ever happiness in the Beautiful Truth! Happy mind! The Truth of You is so beautiful. It Thy mind is filled with joy. resides perpetually within His mind. directing. and my mind yearns for Thee. joyful. mind. makes my mind happy forever. Sat suhān sadā man chāo. kvxu su vylw vKqu kvxu None knows what was that time, What was the time, What was that time, What the occasion, What was that time, What is the hour, What is the hour, What was that time? what hour, the moment, what date, what the epoch, and what was that moment? what is the time, what is the time? What epoch? kvx iQiq kvxu vwru ] what lunar day, the lunar day, what the week, What was that day, what is the lunar day, What is the day, What phase of the moon? Kavan su velā vakhat kavan what week day, the week day, what the day, and what was that date? what is the solar day? What day of the sun? kavan thit kavan vār. kvix is ruqI mwhu kvxu What season, What was the season What season, What the season, What was that season, What is that season, the month, What season? and what month and the month, What month, what the hour, and what was that month, what the month? the season What month? ijqu hoAw Awkwru ] when the creation came into being. when the world was created? when You assumed form and creation When Thou first came into being or when the universe was created? In which the structure happened? in which this whole cosmos When the Formless took Form? Kavan si rutī māhu kavan began? expression? appeared? jit hoā ākār. vyl n pweIAw pMfqI It is not known to the pundits who Had the Puranas referred to this, the The pundits knew it not, or they would The pundits could not discover it, else The pundits, the religious scholars, The pundits have not found the hour. If the wise men knew, it would be The spiritual scholars have never study the Puranas. pundits would have discovered the have written it in the holy books. they would have recorded it in the cannot find that time, even if it is If they had, if would have been written written in the scriptures. figured it out, and they have said as ij hovY lyKu purwxu ] time. Puranas. written in the Puranas. in the Puranas. much in their sacred books. Vel na pāīā pandatī je hovai lekh purān. vKqu n pwieE kwdIAw Nor do the Qazis, who scribe the Nor the quaazis, who write and read Neither did the quaazis know, or they Nor could the qazis determine it, else That time is not known to the quaazis, The Quazis haven't found the time. If the teachers knew, it would be articles of Koran, know the time. the Koran, know the time. would have put it in the Koran. it would have been in the Quran. who study the Koran. If they had, they would have written it written in their books. ij ilKin lyKu kurwxu ] in the Koran. Vakhat na pāio kādīā ji likhan lekh kurān. iQiq vwru nw jogI jwxY Nor the Yogi, nor anyone else, knows Neither yogis nor anyone else knows Nor did the yogis know the day, the Nor could the yogis or any one else The day and the date are not known The yogi does not know the lunar or Even the yogis have puzzled looks. The season and the day is not known the lunar day, week day, season and the lunar day, week day, season and time. divine it. to the yogis, nor is the month or the solar day, the season of the month - by the Yogis. The season and the ruiq mwhu nw koeI ] month. month. season. not any of it. month is not known by anyone. Thit vār nā jogī jānai rut māhu nā koī. jw krqw isrTI kau swjy The Creator, who created the world, The creator, who creates the world, The creator who creates all creation, The creator alone knows the hour, The creator who created this creation That Creator who creates the creation As the Creator creates, He When did the Great Creator form the He himself knows the answer. alone knows this. He alone knows. when He came into manifestation. - only He Himself knows. Himself knows it. understands when. earth with His Hands? Only He, Awpy jwxY soeI ] Himself, knows. Jā kartā sirthī kau sāje āpe jānai soī. ikv kir AwKw ikv swlwhI How to express, How to express, How should one praise Him How shall I address Thee How can we speak of Him? How do I speak? How can I speak? How can I find the words? how to praise, to praise, and express His greatness? or praise Thee, O Lord? How can we praise Him? How do I praise? How can I praise? How can I honour and praise it? ikau vrnI ikv jwxw ] how to describe to describe How can one know Him? How shall I describe Thee How can we describe Him? How do I imagine? How can I imagine? How can I picture it? Kiv kar ākhā kiv sālāhī and how to know Thee, 0 Lord? and to know God? or know Thee? How can we know Him? How do I know? How can I know? How can I even know it? kio varnī kiv jānā. nwnk AwKix sBu ko AwKY Nanak says, all say they know, Satguru Nanak says, that all give O Nanak, one and all speak of Thee, O Nanak, everyone speaks of Him, Oh Nanak, everybody speaks by O Nanak! Everyone talks, and talks, Nanak, with words, everyone talks each one claiming to be wiser than discourses about God and each one each wiser than the rest. each one wiser than the rest. speaking, each one cleverer that the and talks, each more clever than the about it - each person trying to be iek dU ieku isAwxw ] the other. thinks himself to be wiser than the next. last. more clever and wise than the last. Nānak ākhan sabh ko ākhai other. ik dū ik siānā. vfw swihbu vfI nweI Great is the Master, great His Name. Grand are the master, His name and He is supreme. His name is great. Great art Thou, and greater still is Thy Great is the master, great is His Great is the Lord, great is His justice, God is great! His hand is True. Great is the Master, great is His Spirit What He does comes to pass. glory, and what He does must Everything happens as He ordains. holy word, what it wills, cometh to name. Whatever happens is to whom all that is made belongs. There's nothing anyone else can do. within me, created by His own kIqw jw kw hovY ] happen. pass. Thy greatness Thou alone according to His will. command. Vadā sāhib vadī nāī knoweth. kītā jā kā hovai.

Nanak says, if someone deems Satguru Nanak says, that if someone Whoever credits himself to be worthy, And those, O Nanak, that claim to O Nanak, one who claims to know Oh Nanak, if someone thinks to know O Nanak! If you think you can do it all Nanak, if anybody thinks they know, nwnk jy ko AwpO jwxY himself to be great, he will not look thinks himself to be powerful to do gains no honour before Him. know the most, shall have no honour everything shall not be decorated in by himself, when they moved on alone you'll never look bright in your there will be nothing for them when AgY gieAw n sohY ]21] good on arrival in the world hereafter. things, or thinks himself to be the in the life beyond. the world hereafter. beyond, they are not beautiful. One True Home. they die. Nānak je ko āpau jānai knower of God, he will not be agai gaeā na sohai. (21) honoured in the next world.

(22) brings victory in legal battles and gives you strategy pwqwlw pwqwl lK There are limitless worlds beneath There are nether worlds and more There are millions of underworlds and There are millions of nether regions There are nether worlds beneath Hundreds of thousands of There are thousands of worlds and There are worlds and worlds below and limitless worlds above. nether worlds below them, and there infinite skies above. and skies above skies. nether worlds, and hundreds of underworlds, ethers upon ethers. underworlds both solid and etheric. us. There are worlds and worlds Awgwsw Awgws ] are lacs of skies over them. thousands of heavenly worlds above. above us. Pātālā pātāl lakh āgāsā āgās.

EVk EVk Bwil Qky People have grown weary searching The Vedas pronounce one conclusion The Vedas say that millions have Man has wandered endlessly in his The Vedas say that you can search Searching and searching, in the end Searching through them all, in the In the end, in the end, you’ll grow out His limits. The Vedas declare their that people are tired of searching the searched and searched, only to end search. The Vedas also say the and search for them all, until you people have gotten tired. The Vedas end will only make you tired. tired searching them all. The sacred vyd khin iek vwq ] helplessness. limits and boundaries of God. in exhaustion. same. grow weary. say that one thing. scriptures say this with one voice. Orak orak bhāl thake ved kahan ik vāt. shs ATwrh khin kqybw The Muslim scripture declares that The saints, the eighteen Puranas and The holy books claim eighteen The Muslim books speak of eighteen The scriptures say that there are The books (of the Abrahamic The Torah, the Bible and the Koran There are 18,000 worlds, the there are eighteen thousand worlds, four religious books of Jews, Christian thousand worlds but only one power thousand universes, but it is the same 18.000 worlds, but in reality, there is religions) say that there are 18.000 say that there are 18,000 worlds. scriptures say, countless worlds. But AsulU ieku Dwqu ] but in reality there is only One and Muslims conclude that God is behind all creation. power that sustains them all. only one universe. underworlds and ethers, but at the But at the root of them all, there is the source beyond the source is only Sahas athārah kahan katebā Essence, nothing else is real. limitless. very root of all there is one element. only the One. One. asulū ik dhāt. lyKw hoie q ilKIAY There is no account of His vastness. If there be any account of God, then If anything could be written, we would If it could be accounted for, an If you try to write an account of this, If it were possible to write it, and one If all this could be written and one Writing this down, it becomes a In trying to define Him, one's life will alone the mortal can write the same, keep the account, but all estimates account of it would have been you will surely finish yourself before did write it, then while writing they were to try, while trying to write it, he written record. But in time what is lyKY hoie ivxwsu ] end. but His account does not finish and are destructible. recorded. All attempts at description you finish writing it. would die. surely would die. written will be destroyed. Lekhā hoe ta likīai the mortal himself dies while writing are in vain. lekhai hoe vinās. the account. nwnk vfw AwKIAY Nanak says, He is great. Satguru Nanak says, that one should Nanak says, He is the greatest of the O Nanak, admit His greatness, O Nanak, call Him great. Oh Nanak, He is said to be great. O Nanak! All say that God is great, Nanak, what is truly great is to know He Himself knows His own self. call Him great, and God Himself great, He alone can know Himself. He alone knows Himself. He Himself knows Himself. Himself He knows Himself. but only He knows how great! Yourself. Awpy jwxY Awpu ]22] knows His own self. Nānak vadā ākhīai āpe jānai āp. (22)

(23) dispels darkness and elevates the self swlwhI swlwih Those who sing His praise do not Praisers praise God, yet they do not Those who worship praise Him, but His devotees praise Him, yet never The praisers praise the Lord, but they The praisers praise, but do not obtain The praisers sing God's praises, but Those in a state of joy praise Thee. have this much understanding as to get enough understanding to realise have no remembrance of Him. attain full knowledge of the infinite. do not obtain intuitive understanding. the power to listen. they have no power to hear. Yet, in this manner true spiritual eyqI suriq n pweIAw ] how great He is, His greatness. understanding is not given or Sālāhī sālāhe received. etī surat na pāīā. ndIAw AqY vwh like the rivers flowing into the sea do It is like streams and rivers falling into As rivers and streams know not the Like streams tumbling into the ocean, The streams and rivers flowing into Rivers and streams flow into the The rivers and streams flow into the Streams and rivers flow along, not not know the extent of the sea. the ocean and not knowing its limits. ocean into whose vastness they fall. they know not the depths therein. the ocean do not know its vastness. ocean, then they are no longer ocean and lose themselves in its knowing they are merging into the pvih smuMid n jwxIAih ] known. vastness. Ocean. Nadīā atai vāh pavehe samund na jānīeh. smuMd swh sulqwn The kings and emperors with huge Kings and emperors owning Even kings and emperors of great Even kings and emperors with heaps Even kings and emperors with Kings who own oceans with Even kings, who own oceans and That Ocean is the great, true noble property and wealth properties, wealth, oceans, and domains, who posses enormous of wealth and vast dominion, mountains of property and oceans of mountains and wealth and treasures, mountains and treasure, Ruler who guards the wealth and igrhw syqI mwlu Dnu ] mountains, treasures, wealth, jewels of spiritual learning. Samund sāh sultān girhā setī māl dhan. kIVI quil n hovnI do not equal the merit of an ant who Are not equal even to an ant, who in Cannot compare with the lowly ant Compare not with an ant filled with These are not even equal to an ant Are not equal to an ant, if You are not are not equal to an ant, which forgets Even an ant is not left behind if he never forgets the Lord. its mind never forgets God. with remembrance of God in his the love of God. who does not forget God. forgotten from its mind. not its Maker. never forgets God from his mind. jy iqsu mnhu n vIsrih ]23] heart. Kīrī tul na hovnī je tis manoh na vīsarehe. (23)

(24) breaks through all limitations with the force of a thunderbolt. has the power to eliminate missfortune for generations

AMqu n isPqI khix n AMqu ] There is no limit to His praise and Countless are the praises as well as There is no end to His virtues, Endless are His praises, Endless are His praises, No end to praises, There is no end of praising God, There is no end to all that You create there no limit of those who sing them. the praisers of God. nor to their narration. endless the words of commendation. endless are those who speak them. no end to what is said. no end to what is said. and do. What we can say about You, Ant na siftī kahan na ant. there’s no end to that, either. AMqu n krxY dyix n AMqu ] Limitless are His workings and Countless are the works and gifts of There is no end to His works and Endless His works Endless are His actions, No end to doing, No end of doing, no end of giving, There is no end to Your actions. And limitless His givings. God. bounty. and endless His gifts. endless are His gifts. no end to giving. to what You give there is no end. Ant na karnai den na ant.

AMqu n vyKix suxix n AMqu ] There is no limit to His seeing and God's power of hearing and seeing is And endless what He hears and sees. Endless His vision, Endless is His vision, No end to seeing, No end of seeing, hearing and living. There is no end to what we see. And hearing capacity. limitless. and endless His inspiration. endless is His hearing. no end to hearing. to what we hear there is no end. Ant na vekhan sunan na ant.

AMqu n jwpY ikAw min mMqu ] Limitless are the mysteries of what is Limits of the motive in God's mind are There is no knowing the secrets of Endless and beyond understanding is His limits cannot be perceived. The end does not appear, There is no end in sight. There is no end to what appears. in Lord's mind. unknown. His mind. His purpose. What is the mystery of His mind? what mantra is in the mind (of God)? What mantra lies within God's mind? How can we know all the subtle Ant na jāpai kiā man mant. formulas at work in Your mind? AMqu n jwpY kIqw Awkwru ] Limitless is His creation and its Limits of the creation, created by There is no beginning or end to it. Endless His creation, The limits of the created universe No end can be seen to the created See the structure of the universe... There is no end to the visions created expanse. God, are unknown. cannot be perceived. universe. There is no end in sight. by You coming into Form. Ant na jāpai kītā ākār.

AMqu n jwpY pwrwvwru ] The limit of His yonder end is not Limits of this or the other end of God And endless the ends thereof. Its limits here and beyond cannot be The end, the extension, does not See its endless expansion... There is There is no end. The visions go on as known. are unknown. perceived. appear. no end in sight. far as we can see. Ant na jāpai pārāvār.

AMq kwrix kyqy ibllwih ] Many bewail for knowing His bounds, Many persons weep and yearn to find So many struggle to know His depth, Endless men's search in anguish for Many struggle to know His limits, Because of the end, many wail. Many wail in frustration, There is a limit to our understanding His limits, His limits. of Thee. How many veils like this do Ant kāran kete bil-lāhe. we have to go through? qw ky AMq n pwey jwih ] but His limits are not found. But these are not to be found. But none has ever achieved it. But His limits cannot be found. But His limits cannot be found. The ends of That One cannot be because there is no end in sight. There is no end to Thee, my Beloved. obtained. This is the understanding I’ve Tā ke ant na pāe jāhe. received and go along with. eyhu AMqu n jwxY koie ] Nobody knows His limits. No one can know God's limits. No one has ever known His limits. Endless He is, and none can know No one can know these limits. Nobody knows its end. No one can find the end. This Unending anybody can know. His end. Ehu ant na jānai koe. bhuqw khIAY bhuqw hoie ] The more one has to say, the more The more we describe, the more is The further you look, the further The more we say, the more He is. The more you say about them, the The more you speak about it, the The more you try to tell, the more The more we talk, the more there is to must still be said. yet to be found. beyond He lies. more there still remains to be said. larger it gets. there is to say. say. Bahutā kahīai bahutā hoe. vfw swihbu aUcw Qwau ] Great is the Lord and high His seat. God is great and His seat is high. The Lord is great, His place is high. Exalted is the Lord, and exalted His Great is the master, high is His Great is the Lord, high is His place. God is high. Great is the Master in the Highest abode. heavenly home. Place. Vadā sāhib ūchā thāo. aUcy aupir aUcw nwau ] His Name is higher than the high. God's name is the highest of the high. And higher even is His name. More exalted still His holy word. Highest of the high, above all is His His name is the highest of the high. The Naam is high. Even Higher still is His Spirit within name. me. Ūche upar ūchā nāo. eyvfu aUcw hovY koie ] If anyone becomes as high as He is, If one were to be as big and as high Nanak says, one only knows His He who reaches His height, Only one as great and as high as If someone were to be as high, You must get that high to see. Any person can be in this height. as God, greatness, God, Evad ūchā hovai koe. iqsu aUcy kau jwxY soie ] then would one know the Lofty Being. Only then he would know the high When raised to His height, He alone may glimpse Him. Can know His lofty and exalted state. That person would know just how And in this height, you will know God. God. high. Tis ūche kau jānai soe. jyvfu Awip jwxY Awip Awip ] How great He is, He Himself knows. God alone knows how great He is. O Nanak, He alone knows His Only He Himself is that great. He He knows Himself how great He God knows how high He is, How great You are and how great it is greatness. Himself knows Himself. Himself is. to know You. Jevad āp jānai āp āp. nwnk ndrI krmI dwiq ]24] Nanak says, the merciful Lord, by His Satguru Nanak says, that merciful By falling under the glance of His And it is only His glance of grace, can O Nanak, by His glance of grace, He Oh Nanak, by His glance over your O Nanak! One glance can set you Nanak, grace and karma are both Thy grace bestows such gifts. God showers gifts by His kind look. all-compassionate grace. lift us to His height. bestows His blessings. actions come a gift. free. gifts. Nānak nadrī karmī dāt. (24)

(25) pre-fulfills all your needs. prosperity, virtue, estate, and wealth are yours without asking bhuqw krmu iliKAw nw jwie ] So many are His bounties that these God's large number of bounties His compassion is beyond all His benevolence is manifold, and His blessings are so abundant that The magnitude of God's Mercy There is so much karma, you can't There are so many karmic plays, it cannot be recorded. cannot be recorded. description. none can record it. there can be no written account of cannot be expressed in words. write it all down, isn’t possible to write them all. Bahutā karam likhiā nā jāe. them. vfw dwqw iqlu n qmwie ] He is the great Giver and has not an He is the great giver and has no The Lord's gifts are so great, He He is the giver of all, coveting nothing The great giver does not hold back The great Giver gives without a single but the great Giver has not one bit of The Great Giver withholds nothing - iota of avarice. avarice whatsoever. expects nothing in return. in return. anything. thought of return. greed. Not even as little as a sesame not even the tiniest sesame seed. Vadā dātā til na tamāe. seed. kyqy mMgih joD Apwr ] Many warriors beg from the infinite Number of men and warriors beg at However great a hero or warrior, man Many are the warriors, who are There are so many great, heroic Many saintly warriors ask of Him. Many soldier saints are begging. There are so many warriors begging Lord. the door of the infinite God. keeps on begging. beggars at His door. warriors begging at the door of the to merge into Thee. Kete mangehe jodh apār. infinite Lord. kyiqAw gxq nhI vIcwru ] Large number of people ponder over Those who beg and ponder over God It is difficult to conceive the countless And many more, whose number is So many contemplate and dwell upon There is no counting how many Many people are meditating. There are so many who are counting Him. are many and beyond counting. numbers who go on asking. beyond reckoning. Him, that they cannot be counted. meditate on Him. but never reflect on or see You. Ketiā ganat nahī vīchār. kyqy Kip qutih vykwr ] Many pine away to extinction in evil. Many are consumed to extinction in They indulge themselves in desires Many are those who, misusing His So many waste away to death Many unrighteous broken wretches... There are many unrighteous, broken So many are exhausted having their wickedness. and dissipate their lives. gifts, wallow in sensuality. engaged in corruption. wretches. broken themselves on vice. Kete khap tutehe vekār. kyqy lY lY mukru pwih ] Many continually are granted His Many obtain gifts again and again, yet And others receive, yet deny it. Many who receiving His gifts, deny So many take and take again, and Many take and take and become Many take and take, and are never There are so many who take favours but they deny it. do not admit this. Him. then deny receiving. ungrateful. thankful. everything and then deny receiving. Kete lai lai mukar pāhe. kyqy mUrK KwhI Kwih ] Many foolish devourers keep on Many fools go on eating continuously. They go on suffering from their Many the fools who only eat and So many foolish consumers keep on Many fools, eaters consume. There are many fools. The eaters So many foolish ones do nothing but devouring. hunger. enjoy, but think not of the donor. consuming. keep eating. stuff their face with food. Kete mūrakh khāhī khāhe. kyiqAw dUK BUK sd mwr ] Many endure distress, hunger, and Many suffer privation and pain and Yet will not take to remembrance, And many lie afflicted by hunger, So many endure distress, deprivation Pain and hunger always strike so Hunger and pain give so many a So many are continually beaten down perpetual chastisement, are continuously beaten and misery and pain. and constant abuse. many people. beating! by endless pain and hunger. Ketiā dūkh bhūkh sad mār. punished. eyih iB dwiq qyrI dwqwr ] even these are Thy blessings, Even these are God's gifts. O Lord, these too are Your gifts. Which too are Thy gifts, O Lord. Even these are Your gifts, O great These are also Thy gifts, Giver. But these too are Thy gifts. O, Giver Even these are your Gifts to us great O Bountiful One. giver. of all! Giver. Ehe bhe dāt terī dātār. bMid KlwsI BwxY hoie ] Liberation from bondage is attained By God's will freedom from bondage Your order alone gives freedom or Bondage and salvation both go by Liberation from bondage comes only By God's will one is liberated or Liberation and slavery are also Thy Slavery. Freedom. Both come from by God's will. is achieved. bondage. Thy will. by Your will. enslaved. gifts. You. Band khalāsī bhānai hoe. horu AwiK n skY koie ] No one else has any say in it. None has any say in this. Nobody can debate this fact. None else has any say therein. No one else has any say in this. No one can say more about it. No one else has any say about this. It isn’t possible for anyone to say more than this. Hor ākh na sakai koe. jy ko Kwieku AwKix pwie ] If any person dare intervene, If any fool tries to intervene, He, who indulges in useless babble, If some dare claim otherwise, If some fool should presume to say If a fool speaks otherwise, If anyone's foolish enough to speak, If someone who likes the sound of his that he does, own voice tries to speak about this, Je ko khāik ākhan pāe.

Ehu jwxY jyqIAw muih Kwie ] he shall know how many lashes he He knows that he will receive many Realises his folly when struck in the He shall soon have cause to repent of He shall learn and feel the effects of He will know how many blows he gets he will feel the effects of his folly. He’ll be shamed in so many ways. gets on his face. blows on his face. face. his temerity. his folly. in his face. Oh jānai jetīā muhe khāe.

Awpy jwxY Awpy dyie ] God knows our needs and He fulfils God Himself knows everything and He alone can know Himself, He knows all and bestows He Himself knows, He Himself gives. He Himself knows, He Himself gives. God gives... God knows... You, Yourself, know. You, Yourself, them. He Himself gives everything. accordingly. give. Āpe jānai āpe de-e.

AwKih is iB kyeI kyie ] There are only few who acknowledge Only a few acknowledge this. And only the rarest can describe Him. But few there be that realise this. Few, very few are those who Even that only a few people speak But only a few people speak of these Those who can speak of it this way his blessings. acknowledge this. about. things. are very few. Ākhehe se bhe keī ke-e. ijs no bKsy isPiq swlwh ] He, whom the Lord grants the quality He, upon whom God showers the gift He bequeaths the quality of His state O Nanak, on whom He bestows His One who is blessed to sing the To whom He blesses with merits, The one whom He blesses to praise The ones You bless to meditatively of praising and eulogizing Him, of His praises, to whomever He chooses. Gift of the Song Celestial, praises of the Lord, grace and virtues, Him and love Him, and lovingly chant and sing Your Jis no bakhse sifat sālāh. wonders, nwnk pwiqswhI pwiqswhu ]25] Nanak says, is the king of kings. Becomes king of kings, says Satguru Nanak says, he is the king of kings. is the king of kings. O Nanak, is the king of kings. Oh Nanak, he is the king of kings! O, Nanak, is king among kings! Nanak, those persons are the nobility Nanak. of nobility. Nānak pātisāhī pātisāhu. (25)

(26) transforms nothing into everything. banishes losses, misfortunes, and miseries

Amul gux Amul vwpwr ] Priceless are Thine qualities, Virtues and the trade of God are Priceless are His qualities and His Peerless are His attributes and Priceless are His virtues, Priceless are the qualities, Priceless Thy virtues. Beyond price are Your virtues. priceless Thy trade. priceless. trading, too. priceless the pearls therein. priceless are His dealings. priceless the trades. Priceless Thy dealings. Beyond price is trading in Your Amul gun amul vāpār. virtues. Amul vwpwrIey Amul BMfwr ] Priceless are Thy dealers Traders and worshippers of God and Priceless are His salesmen and His Peerless are His dealers and Priceless are His dealers, Priceless are the merchants, Priceless Thy traders. Beyond price are those who live by and priceless Thine treasures. His treasures are priceless. storehouses. priceless His wares and stores. priceless are His treasures. priceless the treasure houses. Priceless Thy treasures. trading in Your virtues. Beyond price Amul vāpārīe amul bhandār. is the store house, the body, where these treasures are kept. Amul Awvih Amul lY jwih ] Priceless are, who come to Thee Priceless are those who come to God Priceless is he who comes to take Peerless are the customers that come Priceless are those who come to Him, Priceless are they who come, Priceless they come Beyond price are those who come and priceless who take things from and those who purchase and take and what he takes. and priceless the goods they buy. priceless are those who buy from priceless those who, having taken, go and priceless they go. looking to purchase Your virtues. Amul āvehe amul lai jāhe. You. divine goods from Him. Him. away. Beyond price is what they take away with them when they go. Amul Bwie Amulw smwih ] Priceless is Thy affection Priceless is their love for God and the Priceless his feelings and his Peerless is His love and peerless Priceless is love for Him, Priceless are those who are in love, Priceless the lovers, Beyond price is the experience of and priceless the absorption in Thee. union with Him. , too. those that lose themselves in It. priceless is absorption into Him. the priceless ones go into samadhi. lost in Thy embrace. surrendering ourselves to the Divine Amul bhāe amulā samāhe. through Love. Beyond price is the acceptance of the Divine and living in that complete embrace. Amulu Drmu Amulu dIbwxu ] Priceless the Divine law Priceless are the divine laws and His Priceless His divine justice and His Peerless is His Law and peerless His Priceless is the divine law of dharma, Priceless is the Dharma, Priceless the Dharma. Beyond price is Your Spiritual Law. and priceless Thy court. court. courts. court. priceless is the divine court of justice. Priceless the royal court. Priceless Thy court. Beyond price is the court where that Amul dharam amul dībān. law is practised. Amulu qulu Amulu prvwxu ] Priceless are Thy scales Priceless are His scales and weights. Priceless the weights and balance to Peerless His scales of justice and Priceless are the scales, Priceless are the weights, Priceless Thy weights Beyond price is the Divine and priceless Thine weights. judge the man's actions. peerless their measure. priceless are the weights. priceless the worthy one. and priceless the weighers. assessment where our purity is Amul tul amul parvān. measured like gold. Beyond price is that moment when, by God’s grace, our purity reigns. Amulu bKsIs Amulu nIswxu ] Priceless are Thine bounties Priceless are His gifts and marks of Priceless His bounty and the symbols Peerless is His generosity, peerless Priceless are His blessings, priceless Priceless is the kindness, Priceless Thy gifts. Beyond price are the avalanche of and priceless Thy approval for those. approval. which distinguish it. His acceptance. is His banner and insignia. priceless its manifestation. Priceless Thy signs. blessings and gifts that come to us at Amul bakhsīs amul nīsān. that moment. Beyond price is being a public sign of the sovereignty and dignity of the Divine Spirit. Amulu krmu Amulu Purmwxu ] Priceless is Your kindness Priceless is His mercy and command. Priceless His grace and His order, Peerless His mercy and peerless His Priceless is His mercy, Priceless is the action, Priceless Thy actions. Beyond price are our own actions. and priceless Your order. too. commands. priceless is His royal command. priceless the command. Priceless Thy orders. Beyond price the Divine Will which Amul karam amul furmān. directs them. Amulo Amulu AwiKAw n jwie ] Invaluable beyond words, the None can assess value of God, who He is the priceless of the priceless, How peerless! How priceless! Priceless, O priceless beyond Priceless, indeed priceless, Priceless... priceless beyond Oh-so far beyond any price are these invaluable Lord cannot be defined. is invaluable. He cannot be described. Who can describe Him? expression. it cannot be said. speaking. things, there’s no way to speak of it. Amulo amul ākhiā na jāe.

AwiK AwiK rhy ilv lwie ] By repeating His name some become By continuously remembering God, Many fall, lost in meditation, even His devotees singing His praises Speak of Him continually, Speaking and speaking, they have But speaking and speaking, many Talking and talking continuously stay absorbed in His love. one remains absorbed in Him. while reciting His attributes. have sunk in silence. and remain absorbed in His love. remained attached in longing. long to belong. attuned with love to the Divine. Ākh ākh rahe liv lāe.

AwKih vyd pwT purwx ] The reciters of the Vedas and Reciters of Vedas and Puranas The Vedas talk of Him, and Puranas And so have the Vedas, the Puranas, The Vedas and the Puranas speak. The recitations of the Vedas and They recite the scriptures from Those who recite sacred texts talk. Puranas proclaim Thee. remember and speak of God. study Him. Puranas speak. memory. Ākhehe ved pāth purān.

AwKih pVy krih viKAwx ] The scholars repeat Thy name and The literate persons repeat God's And learned ones describe Him, And the learned. The scholars speak and lecture. The learned ones, who make They recite so many descriptions of The scholars, creating so many give lengthy discourses apropos name and deliver discourses about descriptions, speak. Thee. descriptions, talk. Ākhehe pare karehe vakhiān. Thee. Him. AwKih brmy AwKih ieMd ] Thy greatness is spoken by Brahmas and Indras remember and So also Indra and Brahma. The Brahmas and the Indras, sing of Brahma speaks, Indra speaks. Brahmas speak, Indras speak. Brahmas speak and Indras speak. Brahma talks. Indra talks. and Indras. speak of God. Him. Ākhehe barme ākhehe ind.

AwKih gopI qY goivMd ] The gopis and Krishna speak of Milkmaids and Krishna remember and The gopis and Krishna speak of Him, And the gopis and the Govind do The gopis and Krishna speak. Gopis and Krishnas speak. Many gopis and Krishnas speak. The devotees of Krishna talk. Thee. speak of God. likewise. Ākhehe gopī tai govind.

AwKih eIsr AwKih isD ] The speak of Thee and the Shiva and persons of miracles And Vishnu and the siddhas. The Shiva, and the holy siddhas sing Shiva speaks, the siddhas speak. Shivas speak, siddhas speak. Shivas speak and siddhas speak. Shiva talks. The intense yogis talk. miracle-mongers also speak of Thee. remember and speak of God. of Him. Ākhehe īsar ākhehe sidh.

AwKih kyqy kIqy buD ] All the buddhas created by Thee Buddhas, created by God, remember And many, many buddhas, The mortals and the immortals all, all The many created buddhas speak. How many are the ones who, having Many, many buddhas speak. So many elders talk. proclaim Thee. and speak of Him. sing His praises. been made wise buddhas, speak! Ākhehe kete kīte budh.

AwKih dwnv AwKih dyv ] The demons proclaim Thee as also Demons and the gods remember and And demons and deities, too. The demons speak, the demi-gods Demons speak, gods speak. Demons speak and gods speak. Desperate souls talk. Minor gods and the gods. speak of God. speak. goddesses talk. Ākhehe dānav ākhehe dev.

AwKih suir nr muin jn syv ] The demi-gods, the men, the mutes Demi-gods, men, silent persons, and Men and sages and those who serve, The spiritual warriors, the heavenly The god-like beings, the Jains and Saints and Jains and servants speak. Saints, ascetic wanderers, those who and slaves speak of Thee. God's servants remember and speak they all sing His praise. beings, the silent sages, the humble servants speak. meditate alone, those who serve Ākhehe sur nar mun jan sev. of Him. and serviceful speak. others talk. kyqy AwKih AwKix pwih ] Good many describe Thee and are Many give God's description and Many there are who can express it, Countless speak of Him, and Many speak and try to describe Him. How many speak and get to speak! Many, many, many speak. So many talk. So many others try to trying to describe Thee. make attempts to describe Him. countless are about to make an talk. Kete ākhehe ākhan pāhe. attempt. kyqy kih kih auiT auiT jwih ] Many have repeatedly described Many have been describing God And many die before completing the And Countless more departed, while Many have spoken of Him over and How many people, speaking and And in the middle of speaking... they And after all these people talk and Thee and departed from this earth. again and again and then they leave task. singing of Him. over again, and have then arisen and speaking, get up and leave! die and depart. talk, they die and die going their way. Kete kehe kehe uth uth jāhe. this world. departed. eyqy kIqy hoir kryih ] Were Thou to create as many more If God were to create as many more He will bring even more to this If He were to create as many again as So many created, if You create as And even if Thou created twice as The Divine made them all. And the as already created, as already created, existence. there already are, many more, many speakers, Divine will make so many more. Ete kīte hor karehe. qw AwiK n skih kyeI kyie ] even then, they cannot describe even Even then they cannot describe even No one can predict His actions. Still He remains and shall remain Even then, they could not describe Even then, no one can describe. Thou art still beyond description. Those who have nothing to say are a few virtues of Thine. His few virtues. indescribable. Him. very few. Tā ākh na sakehe keī ke-e. jyvfu BwvY qyvfu hoie ] The Lord becomes as great as He God becomes as great as He likes. Whatever He feels – so it happens. Man can behold Him only as He He is as great as He wishes to be. As great as He pleases, so great it God is simply as great as He pleases. As great as You want us to be, Oh pleases. reveals Himself unto him. becomes. Divine Spirit, that great You make us. Jevad bhāvai tevad hoe. nwnk jwxY swcw soie ] Nanak says, His greatness is known Satguru Nanak says, that God Whoever knows this, he himself is O Nanak! Know Him as the only True O Nanak, the true Lord knows. Oh Nanak, that true One knows. O Nanak! The True One knows! Nanak knows - there is only the One only to the True Lord himself. Himself knows His greatness. truth. One. True One. Nānak jānai sāchā soe. jy ko AwKY bolu ivgwVu ] If some prater says, he can describe If some prater claims that he can If someone boasts of knowing Him, And those that claim to understand If anyone presumes to describe God, If someone speaks speeches of If anyone disagrees with this If someone speaks, they are God, describe God, Him, discord, misleading through words, Je ko ākhai bol vigār. qw ilKIAY then write him down as the most Then declare him to be the greatest Then he is the fool of fools. They are surely the most foolish of He shall be known as the greatest Then "fool of fools" is written on their he's a fool, wherever he goes! And everyone will recognize them as foolish of the foolish. fool of all fools. men. fool of fools. head. the fool of all fools. isir gwvwrw gwvwru ]26] Tā likīai sir gāvārā gāvār. (26)

(27) removes obstacles and hurdles. shows you the way when you are stuck

What type of portal and what type of What is that gate and what is that Where is that door? What mansion is How wonderful Thy gate, how Where is that gate, and where is that What is that gate, what is that house, In what house, behind what door, who Where is that door, what is that home so dru kyhw so Gru kyhw mansion is that where Thou sit and mansion, where God sits and takes it, where You sit and overlook Your wonderful Thy mansion, from whence dwelling, in which You sit and take sitting in which all are watched over? sit and remember the One? in which You sit and look after ijqu bih srb smwly ] take care of us all? care of all? creation? Thou watchest Thy great creation. care of all? everything? So dar kehā so ghar kehā jit behe sarab samāle. vwjy nwd Anyk AsMKw Large number of musical instruments Innumerable musical instruments of Infinite sounds are ringing, and infinite Countless the instruments and The sound-current of the naad Many countless sound currents have How many musicians play how many There are so many countless subtle of different types resound there, different kinds are played there by are the players. harmonies that play therein. vibrates there, and countless played, and how many musicians! tunes? How many enchanting songs melodies which call the creation into kyqy vwvxhwry ] and there are many musicians. many singers. musicians play on all sorts of are sung? being, weaving together in harmony. Vāje nād anek asankhā instruments there. How many souls there are that carry kete vāvanhāre. and express the music. kyqy rwg prI isau khIAin The players prepare endless tunes Many minstrels sing praises of God in Infinite the singers, and infinite the Countless the measures, countless So many ragas, so many musicians How many are the ragas which are How many singers are singing? How many subtle beings and spirits and measures to sing to Thee, various measures and their consorts. melodies they sing. the singers, that sing Thy praises. singing there. played, in enchanting female voices! there are who continuously practice kyqy gwvxhwry ] 0 bountiful Creator. How many singers are there! Your Divine scales. How many Kete rāg parī sio kahīan singers there are who sing along with kete gāvanhāre. Thee. gwvih quhno pauxu pwxI bYsMqru To sing Thy song wind, water and fire Water, wind, fire, and the god of Water, fire, and wind sing Your glory, The elements - wind, water and fire - The pranic wind, water, and fire sing, Wind, water and fire sing to You, The winds, waters, and fire - Air, Water and Fire sing to You. In were created. And singing Thy praise justice sing the praises of God at His and the god of death sings at your sing of Thee, and of Thee sing the the righteous judge of dharma sings the king of Dharma sings at the door. vibrating, sing Thy praises. The king singing, Thou, Oh Noble Ruler of gwvY rwjw Drmu duAwry ] is the celestial judge at Thy righteous door. door. king of death and his recording at Your door. of the Dharma sings at the door. spiritual law come to our door. Gāvehe tuhno paun pānī baisantar Portal. angels. gāvai rājā dharam duāre. gwvih icqu gupqu iliK jwxih Chitra Gupat, who knows how to write Angels who record the mortals' deeds Chitragupta, To Thee sing the gods and Chitr and Gupt, the angels of the The conscious and unconscious The angels of the conscious and The beings that record our thoughts and on basis of whose scribed writ, and know how to write these, and on goddesses whose beauty is of Thy conscious and the subconscious, who minds, who know how to write, sing. unconscious minds, who write the and deeds sing to You, and, in iliK iliK Drmu vIcwry ] the righteous Judge adjudicates, also the basis of whose recorded making. record actions, and the righteous The king of Dharma deeply reflects records of our actions, sing, as the singing, record our actions for all to Gāvehe chit gupat likh jānehe sings Thy praises. accounts, the god of justice will judge of dharma who judges this on what has been written. king of Dharma reflects on that know. In this record, Spiritual Law likh likh dharam vīchāre. administer heavenly justice, also sing record, sing. record. sees clearly what we are. God's praises. gwvih eIsru brmw dyvI Shiva, Brahma and the goddess, Shiva, Brahma, and the fair goddess, Shiva, Brahma, Devi – all sing Your To Thee sing Shiva, Brahma, Shiva, Brahma and the goddess of Lord Shiva, Brahma, and the great Shivas, Brahmas, and devis sing. The creative forces of the universe, adorned by Thee, ever beautiful, adorned by God, sing the praises of glory. beauty, ever adorned, sing. mother, Devi, sing. They look Their beauty is beyond compare. beautiful and always bejewelled, sing sohin sdw svwry ] sing Thee. God at His gate. beautiful, ever decorated. to You. Gāvehe īsar barmā devī sohan sadā savāre.

Indra, sitting on his throne with the Indra, sitting on his throne with And Indra at his throne and all the And likewise Indra from his throne. Indra, seated upon his throne, sings The Indras, seated on their thrones, Sings Indra seated on his throne, And The forces that govern the seasons gwvih ieMd iedwsix bYTy deities, sings for Thee at Thy Gate. deities, sings the praises of God at deities, with the deities at Your door. sing, along with the demi-gods at the all the boddhisatvas there. from the heavens sing to You, as do dyviqAw dir nwly ] His gate. door. the natural forces on the Earth. Gāvehe ind indāsan baithe devtiā dar nāle. gwvih isD smwDI AMdir The siddhas sing Thee in silent Persons, claiming to have miraculous And holy men in meditation, and To Thee sing the siddhas in their The siddhas in samadhi sing, the The siddhas sing in the depth of their The siddhas sing in deep samadhi. The perfected spiritual persons who mediation, the saints sing in profound powers, and saints sing praises of realised beings in their samadhi, meditation, and the sadhus in their sadhus sing in contemplation. samadhi. The sadhus sing in the The sadhus sing in deep reflection. ever remain in Divine union with Thee gwvin swD ivcwry ] contemplation. God in their meditation. contemplation. depth of their reflection. sing to You. As do the disciplined Gāvehe sidh samādhī andar ones who spend their time in gāvan sādh vichāre. reflection and meditation. gwvin jqI sqI sMqoKI The zealots, celibates, contented and Continents, true and calm saints, and And ascetics, chaste woman, To Thee sing the ascetics, the The celibates, the fanatics, the Those who live in celibacy, those who The patient, chaste, and true ones Men and women of moral self- dauntless warriors sing Thee. the fearless warriors sing God's contented people, and warriors, righteous, the contented, and the peacefully accepting, and the fearless live in truth, and those who live in sing. The great and fearless warriors restraint, of truth and of contentment gwvih vIr krwry ] praises. heroes no less. warriors sing. patience, sing. The strong heroes sing. sing to You, as do the strong and Gāvan jatī satī santokhī sing. noble heroes. gāvehe vīr karāre. gwvin pMifq pVin rKIsr The scholars, the readers of the Scholars, readers of Vedas of all And pundits, rishis, and their Vedas To Thee sing the learned pundits and The pundits, the religious scholars The pundits who read and the seven The pundits and the ancient sages Learned persons, scholars and Vedas, holding the wisdom of ages, ages, and seven supreme sages sing through the ages, the rishis from age to age reciting who recite the Vedas, with the rishis sing, throughout all the ages sing and sing through all the ages. spiritual masters sing to You, as do all jugu jugu vydw nwly ] the seven Supreme Sages, all exalt the praises of God. from the holy Vedas. supreme sages of all the ages, sing. with the Vedas. the books of learning throughout the Gāvan pandit paran rakhīsar Thee. ages. jug jug vedā nāle. gwvih mohxIAw mnu mohin Thy praise is sung by the captivating Fascinating she-seraphs who And beautiful maidens of heaven, and To Thee sing the heart-enslaving The mohinis, the enchanting heavenly The charming women who enchant The mind bewitching beauties sing on All the enchanting visions which nymphs, who enchant the hearts in captivate hearts in paradise sing the fishes that dwell in the depth, nymphs in the heaven, the earth and beauties who entice hearts in this the mind sing in the heavens, on the earth, in hells and heavens. attract and enrapture the mind in the surgw mC pieAwly ] paradise, in this world and in nether praises of God in this world and the the nether regions. world, in paradise, and in the earth, and in the netherworlds. heavens on the earth and below sing Gāvehe mohanīā man mohan regions. nether regions. underworld of the subconscious sing. to You. surgā machh peāle. gwvin rqn aupwey qyry The gems created by Thee, the sixty- Invaluable objects created by God as And the fourteen gems created by To Thee sing thy jewels (Saints) and The celestial jewels created by You, Sing the jewels created by You, along Those of gem-like consciousness All the jewels created by You sing to eight places of pilgrimage, all hymn well as the sixty-eight places of You, and the sixty-eight sacred the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage. and the sixty-eight holy places of with the 68 holy pilgrimage places. sing at all the holy places. You, as do all the sacred places. ATsiT qIrQ nwly ] Thee. pilgrimage sing His praises. places, pilgrimage sing. Gāvan ratan upāe tere athsath tirath nāle. gwvih joD mhwbl sUrw The supremely mighty warriors and Great mighty warriors, divine heroes, Heroes and great warriors, and To Thee sing the mighty warriors, the The brave and mighty warriors sing, Sing soldiers, greatly courageous The brave and mighty warriors sing. The brave and courageous warriors Divine heroes sing Thee and the four and four sources of creation sing creatures of the four kingdoms heroes of great prowess, and all living the spiritual heroes and the four warriors. Sing the four sources of The soldiers sing along. The four sing to You, as do the four treasures gwvih KwxI cwry ] sources of creation magnify Thee. God's praises. sustained by You, creatures. sources of creation sing. creation. wellsprings of life constantly sing Thy of peace, contentment, love and Gāvehe jodh mahābal sūrā song. Divine union. gāvehe khānī chāre. gwvih KMf mMfl vrBMfw The continents, the worlds and solar The continents, worlds, and solar All continents, all spheres, and the To Thee sing the earthly regions, the The planets, solar systems and The planets, solar systems and The planets, solar systems and All the universes and galaxies, systems, created and installed by Thy systems, established by God, sing entire universe, heavens and the universes created galaxies, created and arranged by universes sing. Having been created, galaxies sing as they rotate in their planets in the solar systems, all the kir kir rKy Dwry ] hand, they all chant Thy glory. His glories. and supported by Thee. Your hand, sing. they are put in position and upheld. places. continents in all the lands sing to You, Gāvehe khand mandal varbhandā and as You continually make them, kar kar rakhe dhāre. You protect and support them. syeI quDuno gwvih jo quDu Bwvin Those saints, who are pleasing to God's saints steeped in the name, the Those in Your favour and deeply Those that please Thee also sing Thy They alone sing, who are pleasing to Those who please you sing to You, They sing of Thee, who please Thee, Those who sing to You are those who Thee, all full with Thy Name and deep home of nectar, who are pleased to immersed in You, such delightful praises and are saturated with Thy Your will. Your devotees are imbued Your devotees who are filled and with shining, loving faces. are pleasing to You. They are rqy qyry Bgq rswly ] love, constantly praise Thee. God, sing His praises. devotees, they all sing Your praises. love and devotion. with the nectar of Your essence. drenched with love. permeated through with surrendered Seī tudhno gāvehe jo tudh bhāvan Love and become the keepers of Thy rate tere bhagat rasāle. essence. hoir kyqy gwvin sy mY iciq n Awvin So many others, whom I do not Satguru Nanak says, that many more, And how many more, I cannot And there are countless more that So many others sing, they do not How many more sing, they don't even So many others sing Thy song, who There are so many more who sing to recollect, sing Thee. Nanak cannot who cannot be recollected in the conceive or infer. sing of Thee, whom one cannot even come to mind. O Nanak, how can I come to my mind. Oh Nanak what to never cross my mind. O Nanak! How You, I can’t even think of them all. nwnku ikAw vIcwry ] name every one. mind, sing God's praises. remember, all lie beyond the ken of consider them all? say about all this! can I tell this tale? Nanak, how can I even talk about it? Hor kete gāvan se mai chit na āvan Nanak. Nānak kiā vīchāre. soeI soeI sdw scu swihbu That very Lord Himself is ever true. God, His name and glory are always He and only He is the true Lord. He is He is and is alone the ever-existent That true Lord is true, forever true, That One, that One is always true, the That One True God is always True - Thou, Oh Thou You are always the He is true and True is His Name. true. truth - . Lord, He is the truth and true is His and true is His name. true Lord, the true greatness. gracious, loving, kind. True One, the master of all. Truth swcw swcI nweI ] holy naam. pervading. True Spirit in Form. Soī soī sadā sach sāhib sāchā sāchī nāī. hY BI hosI jwie n jwsI He, who created all, is and shall also God, who created the creation, exists He is and always will be. Though all He is, and shall exist forevermore. He is, and shall always be. He shall He is now and shall be, He goes not He is Now, and shall always be. He You shall ever be - though nothing be. He shall not depart when the and will exist forever, and will not vanish, His reality will never leave. He who created all creations shall not depart, even when this universe and shall not go, the one who created does not come and go. You created will go along with You. rcnw ijin rcweI ] creation comes to an end. depart when the creation disappears. never depart, though worlds be which He has created departs. the creation. Hai bhī hosī jāe na jāsī destroyed. rachnā jin rachāī. rMgI rMgI BwqI kir kir ijnsI He manifested this world by diverse God, who created maya, has by He created maya - things of various He who made nature with its many He created the world, with its various Having created with colours and Creating the countless colours of all Every colour, every unique thing is contrivances and of various colours various ways, created the creation of colours and emotions and colours and many forms, colours, species of beings, and the colours and many different kinds and hues and sorts and kinds; continually made by You. You who mwieAw ijin aupweI ] and kinds. different colours and kinds. dispositions. variety of maya. sorts, He is the One who created created all the elements, and the Rangī rangī bhātī kar kar jinsī Maya. Divine cosmic play that comes from māiā jin upāī. them, kir kir vyKY kIqw Awpxw He watches over everything He has After creating the creation, God in His He creates all things and watches Looks after His own handiwork, as it Having created the creation, He Having done, having done, He looks great Master of illusions, made, and Creating and creating, You, Yourself, done, just as it pleases Him. grandeur, beholds His works. over them, He also gives them behoves His own greatness. watches over it Himself, by His at what He has done, as is His seen within His Mind. enjoy what You have done. ijv iqs dI vifAweI ] greatness. greatness. greatness. Kar kar vekhai kītā āpnā jiv tis dī vadiāī. jo iqsu BwvY soeI krsI Whatever pleases Him, He does that. God does whatever pleases Him, and He does what pleases Him. None can He is the supreme Master and does He does whatever He pleases. No What pleases Him that He shall do, He does whatever pleases Him. No And this is Your greatness. You do None can order Him. no one can give any order to Him. interfere with His order. what He lists. order can be issued to Him. command to Him cannot be made. one tells Him what to do. what pleases You. There is nowhere hukmu n krxw jweI ] Your Divine will doesn’t prevail. Jo tis bhāvai soī karsī hukam na karnā jāī. so pwiqswhu swhw pwiqswihbu He is the King of Kings, Satguru Nanak says, that one should Nanak says, He is the king of kings. He is the king of kings, the almighty He is the king, the king of kings, the That emperor, the supreme Lord of He is the King! The King of kings, O Oh True Emperor, Divine King, Noble Nanak says, remaining subject to His live subject to His will, who is the king Abide by His will. Lord, and ours, O Nanak, is only to supreme Lord and master of kings. kings, Oh Nanak, live in His will! Nanak! Live ever in His Will. of the Noble, Nanak lives surrendered nwnk rhxu rjweI ]27] Will is best. of kings. abide by His will. Nanak remains subject to His will. to Your command. So pātisāhu sāhā pātisāhib Nānak rahan rajāī. (27)

(28) unites you with God muMdw sMqoKu srmu pqu JolI 0 Yogi, make contentment your Wear the ear-rings of contentment, Oh yogi, assume the posture of Let contentment be your ear-rings. Make contentment your ear-rings, Make patience your earrings, Wear the earrings of patience. Carry May you wear the earrings of deep earrings, modesty your begging bowl make modesty your begging bowl and contentment and modesty, pick up And endeavour for the divine and humility your begging bowl, and modesty your begging bowl and the begging bowl and wallet of contentment. May humility be your iDAwn kI krih ibBUiq ] and pouch, and meditation your wallet, and smear yourself with God's the carrying bag of dignity and respect for the higher self be your meditation the ashes you apply to wallet, and meditation your ashes. humility, and smear the ashes of begging bowl and the shawl in which Munda santokh saram pat jholī ashes. meditation, treating it as ashes. honour, and apply the sacred ash of wallet. And constant meditation on your body. meditation on your body. you carry your belongings. May being dhiān kī karehe bibhūt. meditation. Him be your ashes. centred in the centre of your being be the ashes that cleanse you. iKMQw kwlu kuAwrI kwieAw Let the remembrance of death be Wear the fear of death as your coat Establish death as your bedroll, make Let preparedness-for-death be your Let the remembrance of death be the Make death your patched coat, Let your patchwork coat be Wear the patched coat of death. Keep your patched coat, let your chosen made of patches, make chastity, like a maiden of your body, let experience cloak. And let your body be like unto patched coat you wear, let the purity a chaste body your technique, remembrance of Death. Follow the your body pure, like a virgin. And may jugiq fMfw prqIiq ] path be a life of purity like the virgin's, that of a virgin, your path to achieve be your staff of liberation. a chaste virgin. Let your Master's of virginity be your way in the world, and faith your walking stick. path of purity, with the walking stick of the staff that holds you upright as you Khinthā kāl kuārī kāiā and faith in God your staff. union and faith in God as your staff. teachings be your supporting staff. and let faith in the Lord be your faith. walk along your journey be the jugat dandā partīt. walking stick. constant remembrance of Spirit within you. AweI pMQI sgl jmwqI Let the highest order of your yogic Join the brotherhood of the universe Consider the unity of all as your first The highest religion is to rise to See the brotherhood of all mankind The highest sect of yogis is in every Let your sect be the family of man. Let the highest and best company be sect be your brotherhood with all, and treat this as the highest sect of principle. To conquer the mind is to universal brotherhood, to consider all as the highest order of yogis, conquer assembly. One who conquers his Conquer your own mind and be the brotherhood and sisterhood of all min jIqY jgu jIqu ] and your winning of self, the conquest yogis, and by conquering your mind, conquer the world. creatures your equals. Conquer your your own mind, and conquer the mind has victory over the world. victorious in the world. peoples. Conquer your mind to Āī panthī sagal jamātī of the world. conquer the world. mind, for victory over self is victory world. conquer the world. man jītai jag jīt. over the world.

Awdysu iqsY Awdysu ] My obeisance is unto That Lord. I salute God again and again. If you must bow, bow to Him. Hail, Hail, to Him alone. I bow to Him, I humbly bow. Salutations unto Him, salutations! Hail! Hail! Hail! unto Him - I bow to the very act of bowing to Thee, Oh Divine One. Ādes tisai ādes.

Awid AnIlu Anwid Anwhiq He is the Primal One, pure, without God is primal and pure with unknown He is the primal being, pure, without The primal, pure, eternal, immortal, The primal one, the pure light, without Primal, without colour, without Primal, Pure, and equal to none. Beyond time. Beyond colour Beyond beginning, indestructible and through beginning, who cannot be destroyed beginning or end. He is the unstruck and immutable in all ages. beginning, without end. Throughout beginning, indestructible, throughout There is no beginning and no end. sound. Beyond form and jugu jugu eyko vysu ]28] all ages the same one in the same and who remains same in all the sound. He is immutable through all all the ages, He is one and the same. all the ages there is one form. Through all ages only the One. containment. Age after Age, You are Ād anīl anād anāhat garment. ages. time. the One. jug jug eko ves. (28)

(29) shield of protection from enemies

Bugiq igAwnu dieAw BMfwrix Make Divine knowledge your food, Make divine knowledge your food and Make knowledge your pleasure and Let divine knowledge be your bread, Let spiritual wisdom be your food, and Let your pleasure be wisdom, and Take your pleasure in wisdom. Make Nourish yourself along your journey mercy your attendant and listen to the mercy your steward. And listen to the compassion your storehouse. Make a let mercy be your steward. Let the compassion your attendant. The your steward kindness. In every heart kindness your servant. In every heart with morsels of wisdom. Let kindness Git Git vwjih nwd ] Divine music which sounds within heavenly music that exists in the conch shell of the eternal music divine music vibrating in all be your sound-current of the naad vibrates in resounds the sound current. plays one sound current. bear your burdens for you, as the Bhugat giān dayā bhandāran every one. heart. playing in every being. trumpet. each and every heart. beat of God’s command vibrates in ghat ghat vājehe nād. your every heartbeat.

Awip nwQu nwQI sB jw kI He Himself is the Supreme Lord to God Himself is supreme, who has He alone is a master in whom all He is the only Lord and has strung He Himself is the supreme master of He Himself is the master to whom all He is the Master, with mastery of all Thy, Thyself, are the Master. All else whom belongs all expansion and snuffled all, and riches and miracles beings are intertwined, while the creation according to His will. Wealth all, wealth and miraculous spiritual mastery belongs - wealth, psychic magic powers and wealth, and every follows Thee. Occult powers taste iriD isiD Avrw swd ] perfection. He is the One who alone are useless relishes. search for supernatural powers is a and supernatural powers estrange powers, and all other external tastes powers and other delights. pleasure. false. Āp nāth nāthī sabh jā kī controls the yogis, perfected beings false path. one from the Lord. and pleasures, are all like beads on a ridh sidh avrā sād. and all others. string. sMjogu ivjogu duie kwr clwvih He is the One, who unites, separates, The world's ways are regulated by The law of union and separation The world goes on the two principles Union with Him, and separation from Union and separation, He makes Both Union and loneliness come from The great Divine union, the pre- regulates business, and one gets his union and separation and the mortal governs all things, and destiny of union and separation, and all Him, come by His will. We come to them both happen. From what is Him… Your actions write your great ordained separation both forces run lyKy Awvih Bwg ] share as destined to him. gets his share according to his determines our just inheritance. receive their share, as He ordains. receive what is written in our destiny. written comes good destiny. destiny. the entire universe. Whatever is Sanjog vijog due kār chalāvehe destiny. written in our destiny is what comes lekhe āvehe bhāg. to us.

Awdysu iqsY Awdysu ] My obeisance is unto That Lord. I salute God again and again. If you must bow, bow to Him. Hail, Hail, to Him alone. I bow to Him, I humbly bow. Salutations unto Him, salutations! Hail! Hail! Hail! unto Him - I bow to the very act of bowing to Thee, Oh Divine One. Ādes tisai ādes.

Awid AnIlu Anwid Anwhiq He is the Primal One, pure, without God is primal and pure with unknown He is the primal being, pure, without The primal, pure, eternal, immortal, The primal one, the pure light, without Primal, without colour, without Primal, Pure, and equal to none. Beyond time. Beyond colour Beyond beginning, indestructible and through beginning, who cannot be destroyed beginning or end. He is the unstruck and immutable in all ages. beginning, without end. Throughout beginning, indestructible, throughout There is no beginning and no end. sound. Beyond form and jugu jugu eyko vysu ]29] all ages the same one in the same and who remains same in all the sound. He is immutable through all all the ages, He is one and the same. all the ages there is one form. Through all ages only the One. containment. Age after Age, You are Ād anīl anād anāhat garment. ages. time. the One. jug jug eko ves. (29)

(30) places you upon the throne of divinity, makes you a sage and a saint. eykw mweI jugiq ivAweI The Divine Mother, Maya, under a Unique God designed the plan and By skilful means one maya has given The great mother, conceiving, The one divine mother conceived and The One and the mother are married Out of the marriage of God and Maya There is One Mother married to all special plan, gave birth to three created maya, and after creating the birth to three disciples. brought forth three regents. gave birth to the three deities. and procreating. There are three three worthy students are born: time and space. From Her, three iqin cyly prvwxu ] deities. creation appointed three approved worthy students. devotees are born. Ekā māī jugat viāī disciples. tin chele parvān. ieku sMswrI ieku BMfwrI The Creator, the sustainer and the One of these is Brahma, who creates Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the The first creating, the second One, the creator of the world, one, the One who created the world (Brahma), the Generator, Organizer and One that creates. One that nourishes. judge, who holds court. the world, the other is Vishnu, who sustainer, and Shiva, the destroyer. sustaining, and the last destroying. sustainer, and one, the destroyer. one treasure-house (Vishnu), and one Destroyer of all life and worldly forms. One that holds court, deciding the ieku lwey dIbwxu ] sustains it, and the third is Shiva, who holds court (Shiva). fate. Ik sansārī ik bhandārī whose disposition is to destroy. ik lāe dībān. ijv iqsu BwvY iqvY clwvY But it is only the Lord's will which But God causes them to act in the God directs them by His will and His What He desires, they perform, they He makes things happen according to As it pleases Him, so does He make As He pleases, all things move As it pleases Thee, Oh Divine One, keeps everyone at proper place per way He likes and orders. order. work under His will. the pleasure of His will. Such is His things move according to His order. according to His order. so these devotees move, acting ijv hovY Purmwxu ] His order. celestial order. according to Thy Divine command. Jiv tis bhāvai tivai chalāvai jiv hovai furmān.

He sees them but nobody can see The most wonderful thing is that God He watches them, but they cannot But great the wonder, though He He watches over all, but none sees He sees, they do not see, He sees it all, but none see Him, and The Divine sees all. But the created Ehu vyKY Enw ndir n AwvY Him. This is the greatest wonder. sees them, but they cannot see Him. see Him. watches over them, they behold Him Him. How wonderful this is. great is this miracle. all are filled with wonder. can’t see the Divine at all. Wow! This bhuqw eyhu ivfwxu ] not. is such a great drama. Oh vekhai onā nadar na āvai bahutā ehu vidān.

Awdysu iqsY Awdysu ] My obeisance is unto That Lord. I salute God again and again. If you must bow, bow to Him. Hail, Hail, to Him alone. I bow to Him, I humbly bow. Salutations unto Him, salutations! Hail! Hail! Hail! unto Him - I bow to the very act of bowing to Thee, Oh Divine One. Ādes tisai ādes.

Awid AnIlu Anwid Anwhiq He is the Primal One, pure, without God is primal and pure with unknown He is the primal being, pure, without The primal, pure, eternal, immortal, The primal one, the pure light, without Primal, without colour, without Primal, Pure, and equal to none. Beyond time. Beyond colour. Beyond beginning, indestructible and through beginning, who cannot be destroyed beginning or end. He is the unstruck and immutable in all ages. beginning, without end. Throughout beginning, indestructible, throughout There is no beginning and no end. sound. Beyond form and jugu jugu eyko vysu ]30] all ages the same one in the same and who remains same in all the sound. He is immutable through all all the ages, He is one and the same. all the ages there is one form. Through all ages only the One. containment. Age after Age, You are Ād anīl anād anāhat garment. ages. time. the One. jug jug eko ves. (30)

(31) pulls all the virtues from the heavens

Awsxu loie loie BMfwr ] Lord's seat and stores are in all the God has His seat and His All the worlds are His abode, and all He resides in all the planes of On world after world are His seats of The seat of His treasure house is in Within the Light of every heart - One You have Your thrones on every worlds. storehouses in all the worlds. worlds His storehouse. creation, and has in them His authority and His storehouses. all realms. Soul, the house of treasure. world. And in every world You’ve Āsan loe loe bhandār. munificent stores, placed Your treasures. jo ikCu pwieAw su eykw vwr ] Whatever was put into them, was put Whatever is stored, was put only He has them filled for all time with all Which were supplied only once and Whatever was put into them, was put Whatever thing was put there, was Placed there once, and for all time - Whatever was placed there by You once for ever. once for all, enough forever. worth attaining. need no replenishing. Whatever we there once and for all. put there only one time. was placed once and for all. Jo kichh pāiā su ekā vār. receive, we receive by His decree. kir kir vyKY isrjxhwru ] Having created the creation, the After creating the creation, God is The creator creates, and oversees it It is He who has created His creation, Having created the creation, the Doing, doing, the Creator beholds. the Watcher and the Actor. Oh Spirit of Union and Connection, Creator is beholding it. beholding it. all. and He who watches over it. creator Lord watches over it. You look out for all, You continually Kar kar vekhai sirjanhār. make and do. nwnk scy kI swcI kwr ] Nanak says, True is He and True is Satguru Nanak says, that the works Nanak says, He is the true reality and O Nanak! the works of the True One O Nanak, true is the creation of the Oh Nanak, the work of the true one is O Nanak! The actions of Truth are Nanak, The True One creates the what He does. of the true God are true. all His works are true. are genuine. true Lord. true. True. True Creation. Nānak sache kī sāchī kār.

Awdysu iqsY Awdysu ] My obeisance is unto That Lord. I salute God again and again. If you must bow, bow to Him. Hail, Hail, to Him alone. I bow to Him, I humbly bow. Salutations unto Him, salutations! Hail! Hail! Hail! unto Him - I bow to the very act of bowing to Thee, Oh Divine One. Ādes tisai ādes.

Awid AnIlu Anwid Anwhiq He is the Primal One, pure, without God is primal and pure with unknown He is the primal being, pure, without The primal, pure, eternal, immortal, The primal one, the pure light, without Primal, without colour, without Primal, Pure, and equal to none. Beyond time. Beyond colour. Beyond beginning, indestructible and through beginning, who cannot be destroyed beginning or end. He is the unstruck and immutable in all ages. beginning, without end. Throughout beginning, indestructible, throughout There is no beginning and no end. sound. Beyond form and jugu jugu eyko vysu ]31] all ages the same one in the same and who remains same in all the sound. He is immutable through all all the ages, He is one and the same. all the ages there is one form. Through all ages only the One. containment. Age after Age, You are Ād anīl anād anāhat garment. ages. time. the One. jug jug eko ves. (31)

(32) pays your debts and completes your karma iek dU jIBO lK hoih If my one tongue became a hundred Instead of one tongue, may I possess If my single tongue becomes a Let one tongue grow into a hundred If I had 100.000 tongues, and these If one tongue became hundred From one tongue there came If my one tongue were to become thousand, and if those hundred lacs of tongues, which may increase hundred thousand, and this hundred thousand, nay even twenty times were then multiplied twenty times thousand, became hundred thousand thousands more, and millions came two, and the two to become one lK hovih lK vIs ] thousand were multiplied twenty fold, to twenty lacs of tongues, thousand becomes twenty times more. more, with each tongue, times twenty. from them. million, and the million to become 20 Ik dū jībhau lakh hohe more, million, lakh hovehe lakh vīs. lKu lKu gyVw AwKIAih with every one I would repeat the One Then may I repeat God's name, lacs With each tongue would I sing a And each of them endlessly chant His I would repeat, hundreds of Hundreds of thousands of repetitions Millions of tongues are turning and Then millions and millions of times I Name. and lacs of times, with each of the hundred thousand times the only holy name. thousands of times, the name of the are spoken, One name of the Lord of churning, repeating the One Lord's would recite and speak of the One eyku nwmu jgdIs ] lacs of tongues. name of the master of the world. one, the Lord of the universe. the world. Name. Spirit pervading and guiding the Lakh lakh gerā ākhīehe Universe. ek nām jagdīs. eyqu rwih piq pvVIAw Many are the steps on the path that The way to meet God, the These are the steps of the name of In this way lie the steps that lead Along this path to our husband Lord, On this path of the master, there are On the Master's Path are many steps. On this path, the spouse climbs with leads to the Lord, by ascending those bridegroom, is to ascend the ladders the Lord, by following them does one Godwards, by ascending which one we climb the steps of the ladder, and steps, by climbing upon, a person Climb them, and come back Home. devotion step by step to Union with cVIAY hoie iekIs ] steps, I become one with Him. to God's palace step by step and then become twenty-one. becomes one with Him. come to merge with Him. becomes one with Him. Thee. Et rāhe pat pavarīā achieve union with God. charīai hoe ikīs. suix glw Awkws kI By hearing His praises even worms By hearing of the heavenly things, Hearing them speak of heaven's On hearing of the heavens, even Hearing of the etheric realms, even Hearing about the affairs of the Even worms who hear of heavenly Hearing what is recorded in the aspire to emulate to reach those even the worms would like to glory, even those who are like lowly worms aspire to reach them. worms long to come back home. ethers, also worms want to follow. things are longing to come back Akashic records, even the lowest kItw AweI rIs ] heights. emulate. worms become ambitious to emulate Home. beings have a longing to return home. Sun galā ākās kī them. kītā āī rīs. nwnk ndrI pweIAY Nanak says, it is by His Grace that He Satguru Nanak says, that God is Nanak says, He is attained only by Not knowing that salvation comes O Nanak, by His grace He is Oh Nanak, by the grace of the Infinite, O Nanak! We get to come back Home Nanak, grace is brought in as a gift of is obtained and there is no other way. obtained by His kindness and the His grace. But the false claimants only through His grace, and those obtained. False are the boastings of realisation is obtained. The liars are only by the One God's Grace. But the the Creator. Those who praise kUVI kUVY TIs ]32] boasting of the false is false. spread their boastful tales. who say otherwise, are vain babblers the false. boasting with their lies. liars all boast, "I did it myself!" themselves - false are they and ever Nānak nadrī pāīai and liars. false. kūrī kūrai thīs. (32)

(33) destroys ego, removes negativity, and neutralizes destructiveness

AwKix joru cupY nh joru ] I have no power to speak and no It is not within man's power to speak, The power lies neither in speaking You have no power to speak or to be No power to speak, no power to keep No power to speak, No power to be silent. The power to speak or keep silent - power to remain silent. or to keep quiet. nor in silence. silent, silent. no power to be silent. No power to speak. I don’t have that power. Ākhan jor chupai nah jor. joru n mMgix dyix n joru ] I have no power to beg and no power The man has no power to beg or to The power lies neither in asking nor in No power to ask or to give. No power to beg, no power to give. No power to beg, No power to beg. I don’t have the power to beg to give. give. giving. no power to give. No power to give. or to give. Jor na mangan den na jor. joru n jIvix mrix nh joru ] I have no power to live and no power The man has no power to live or to The power lies neither in living nor in You have no power over life or death, No power to live, no power to die. No power to live, No power to die. When I live, when I die - to die. die. dying. no power to die. No power to live. is far beyond my power. Jor na jīvan maran nah jor. joru n rwij mwil min soru ] I have no power to acquire an empire It is not within his power to acquire The power lies neither in the wealth of No power over wealth or state for No power to rule, with wealth and No power in worldly might and wealth No power lies in worldly might. No I have no power to rule as a king with and wealth, thereby disturbing the kingdom and riches, which cause kingdoms nor the resolves of the which you are ever restless. occult mental powers. which bring disturbance to the mind. power lies in earthly treasure. They wealth, or through the force of my Jor na rāj māl man sor. mind. disturbance in the mind. mind. only increase your mental chatter. own mental manipulations. joru n surqI igAwin vIcwir ] I have no power to gain It is not within his power to gain The power lies neither in You have no power over spiritual No power to gain intuitive No power to tune in, to know or No power to meditate or know the I have no power to attach myself to understanding of Divine knowledge. understanding of the divine remembrance nor in knowledge of the awakening, understanding, spiritual wisdom and understand. unknown. God through meditation, or to attain Jor na surtī giān vīchār. knowledge or God's meditation. divine. meditation. wisdom, or to reflect on what I see. joru n jugqI CutY sMswru ] I have no power to find a way of It is not within man's power to find the The power lies neither in the world No power to know the truth, or to No power to find the way to escape No power of ways to leave the world. No power to leave this world and go I have no power to know the way to escape from the world. method of freedom from the world's nor in the devices to be rid of achieve your own salvation. from the world. Home. liberate myself from the world. Jor na jugtī chhutai sansār. bondage. samsara. ijsu hiQ joru kir vyKY soie ] In whose hand the power be, let Him God, in whose hands the power is, The real power lies in His hands – Let him who thinks he has the power, He alone has the power in His hands. The One in whose hand the power is, One Power. One Actor. Whose Hand holds this power? The use and see. exercises the same and beholds it. who creates and keeps on watching. try. He watches over all. acts and beholds. One Doer. One Knower. One who does and sees all. Jis hath jor kar vekhai soe. nwnk auqmu nIcu n koie ]33] By his own will, Nanak says, none Satguru Nanak says, none can Nanak says, no one is high and no O Nanak! None is high or low, but by O Nanak, no one is high or low. Oh Nanak, no one is high or low. O Nanak! No one is higher or lower. Nanak, no one is high and no one is can be good or bad, He alone has the become good or bad because of his one is low before Him. His will. low. Nānak utam nīch na koe. (33) power to reveal the way. own strength.

(34) brings stability rwqI ruqI iQqI vwr ] God created nights, seasons, lunar God created nights, seasons, lunar Having made night and day, the Creating the day and the night, the Nights, days, weeks and seasons, There are nights, seasons, lunar days Nights... days... weeks... seasons... Nights, seasons, moon cycles, days. days, week days, days, and week days. seasons, and the dates, months and the seasons, and solar days. Rātī rutī thitī vār. pvx pwxI AgnI pwqwl ] wind, water, fire and nether regions. God created wind, water, fire, and the And air, water, fire, and the The fire, the wind, the water and the Wind, water, fire, and the nether There are winds, waters, fires and winds… water and fire... all earthly Wind, water, fire and the underworld, nether lands. underworlds. nether regions, regions, underworlds. regions... Pavan pānī agnī pātāl. iqsu ivic In the midst of these He set this firm In between these, God established Having made all of this, He Amidst all these, He set up the earth In the midst of these, He established In that, establishing the earth, He put Here live souls of countless colours In the midst of this, the Earth was earth as a home for His meditation. the earth as the home for His worship established the earth as a as dharam khand or the arena of the earth as a home for dharma. the refuge of Dharma. and names, for this planet earth is the established as a place where Spirit DrqI Qwip rKI Drm swl ] and to practice truth. dharmasala. action. Realm of Dharma, could evolve into a conscious Tis vich awareness of Itself, protected. dhartī thāp rakhī dharam sāl. iqsu ivic jIA jugiq ky rMg ] Therein He inhabited beings of God created living beings of various In it He created countless creatures of And He peopled it with creatures of Upon it, He placed the various On it are souls of different kinds and For that purpose, the souls came various types and colours, colours and habits. many colours and forms. many colours and many forms. species of beings. colours. through time and space in such a Tis vich jī jugat ke rang. variety of colours. iqn ky nwm Anyk Anµq ] whose names are many and endless. And of different and limitless names. Their names are infinite. Creatures of whom there is no count. Their names are uncounted and Their names are countless. Those souls are so many, they are endless. countless. Tin ke nām anek anant. krmI krmI hoie vIcwru ] They are judged by their deeds and They are judged by their deeds and Each is considered according to his All are judged according to their By their deeds and their actions, they The process of examination is and here is where we reflect on our There are actions upon actions and actions. actions. own deeds. deeds. shall be judged. according to deeds. Karma. we reflect on what we do. Karmī karmī hoe vīchār. scw Awip scw drbwru ] The Lord Himself is true and true His God and His court are true. God is true, and all His court is true. For true is the Lord and immaculate God Himself is true, and true is His True Himself, true the Divine court. True is He, and True is His Court. Thou, Oh Divine One, are true and Court. His law. court. true is Your royal court in which all is Sachā āp sachā darbār. contained. iqQY sohin pMc prvwxu ] There shine the true ones, approved There, the accepted saints sit and Only before the Lord is each one Those acceptable to Him are There, in perfect grace and ease, sit There, the self-elected sit gracefully There all are beautiful - perfect In Your royal court, Your devotees, and accepted by His Grace. look graceful. tested. honoured in His court. the self-elect, the self-realised saints. and beautifully in their perfection. equals. the ones who have found themselves Tithai sohan panch parvān. within themselves look beautiful. ndrI krim pvY nIswxu ] Their heads are anointed with the They bear the mark of grace by the Each is ranked by His glance. And it is only through His grace that They receive the mark of grace from They see the mark of grace. Grace covers their Karmas. They see Their actions flow from grace and this mark of Grace. merciful master. one may gain that distinction. the merciful Lord. the sign. is the sign of You they carry. Nadrī karam pavai nīsān. kc pkweI EQY pwie ] The True and the false shall be The good and evil will be judged There, the raw is sifted from the ripe. The imperfect are perfected there. The ripe and the unripe, the good and Ripe and unripe will be obtained Even those whose fruits aren't yet The not-yet-ripe and the ripe are both clearly shown. there. the bad, shall there be judged. there. ripe can see it. there on the Earth. Kach pakāī othai pāe. nwnk gieAw jwpY jwie ]34] Nanak says, on reaching there all will Satguru Nanak says, that these facts Nanak says, one who is raw will O Nanak! It is there that this mystery O Nanak, when you go home, you will Oh Nanak, having gone, it becomes O Nanak! When you go Home you Nanak, go and see it. be known. will become known in that court. dissolve away. is revealed. see this. apparent. shall see it. Nānak gaeā jāpai jāe. (34)

(35) gives you the ability to do your duty and fulfill your resposibility

Drm KMf kw eyho Drmu ] Such is the moral duty of the realm of The above narration is of the realm of The supreme law expresses the Thus much of the realm of dharma. This is righteous living in the realm of This is the Dharma which has been Such is life in the Realm of Dharma, In the realm of Dharma, of Spiritual righteousness or dharma. truth and of the religious duties. realm of religion. dharma. described in the realm of Dharma. Law, we come to understand how to Dharam khand kā eho dharam. awaken ourselves to ourselves. igAwn KMf kw AwKhu krmu ] Now I define the doings of the realm Now is narrated the working of the Now to understand the conditions of And now gian khand, the realm of And now we speak of the realm of And let us now speak about what but now let us speak of the Realm of In the realm of wisdom, we speak of of knowledge. realm of knowledge. the realm of knowledge. knowledge. spiritual wisdom. happens in the realm of spiritual Wisdom. how everything gets accomplished. Giān khand kā ākhoh karam. wisdom. kyqy pvx pwxI vYsMqr Various are the elements of earth, air, There are many winds, waters, fires, So many winds, waters, and fires, so Countless its elements, air, water and So many winds, waters, and fires, so How many winds, waters, and fires! So many waters, winds and fires! So There are so many winds, waters and water, fire and many Krishnas and and Krishnas and Shivas. many Krishnas and Shivas. fire, and countless Krishnas and many Krishnas and Shivas. How many Krishnas and Shivas! many Krishnas! So many Shivas! fires. So many creative forces. kyqy kwn mhys ] Shivas. Shivas. Kete pavan pānī vaisantar kete kān mahes. kyqy brmy GwViq GVIAih There are many Brahmas in different There are many Brahmas, fashioning So many Brahmas, so many of His And countless the Brahmas So many Brahmas, fashioning forms How many Brahmas are made! So many Brahmas creating colours So many creations that the Creator is forms, colours, and kinds. forms of various colours, beauties creations of so many colours and fashioning various creations of of great beauty, adorned and dressed Of many kinds of shapes, colours and shapes and forms of countless kinds! crafting, clothing the Spirit in form and rUp rMg ky vys ] and clothes. forms. countless forms and countless hues. in many colours. cloths. colour. Kete barme ghārat gharīehe rūp rang ke ves. kyqIAw krm BUmI myr kyqy Numberless are the earths and There are number of earths and So many fields of action and sacred Countless the fields of action, So many worlds and lands for How many planets there are where So many planets, mountains and So many actions done in so many mountains and fields of action mountains for doing various deeds, mountains, so many polar stars and countless the golden mountains, and working out karma. So very many people can act and work their karma! actions! So many ways to learn lands and places, so many places kyqy DU aupdys ] where virtuous deeds are performed. and there are innumerable saints like so many sermons. countless the Dhrus meditating lessons to be learned. How many lessons of Dhruva! devotion! that are not even known to us. All for Ketīā karam bhūmī mer kete Numberless are the Dhrus and Dharu, who gave sermons. therein. learning what You want us to learn. kete dhū updes. instruction receivers. kyqy ieMd cMd sUr kyqy Numberless are Indras, moons and There are innumerable Indras, So many Indras, and moons, and Countless the Indras, countless the So many Indras, so many moons and How many Indras, how many suns So many Indras, suns and moons! So So many heavens, moons and suns. suns. Numberless are starry and moons, suns, globes, and countries. suns, and galaxies, and continents. suns and moons, and countless the suns, so many worlds and lands. and moons! How many solar systems many galaxies! So many places! So many galaxies with so many kyqy mMfl dys ] earthly regions. earthly and stellar regions. and countries! peoples. Kete ind chand sūr kete kete mandal des. kyqy isD buD nwQ kyqy Many are siddhas, buddhas and yoga There are innumerable siddhas, So many enlightened ones, and Countless the siddhas, the buddhas, So many siddhas and buddhas, so How many siddhas and buddhas, So many souls of power and wisdom! So many joined in union with Thee. masters and many, many different buddhas, great yogi masters, and buddhas, and masters, and the masters, and countless the gods many yogic masters. So many how many yogi masters! How many So many goddesses! So many yogis! So many wise ones and masters. So kyqy dyvI vys ] forms of goddesses. forms of goddesses. goddesses. and goddesses. goddesses of various kinds. the goddesses and their cloths! many robed goddesses. Kete sidh budh nāth kete kete devī ves. kyqy dyv dwnv muin kyqy Many are deities, demons and silent There are innumerable gods, So many gods and devils, and munis, Countless the danus and the sages, So many demi-gods and demons, so How many gods, demons, and silent So many gods and demons and So many gods and demons. So many sages and many over many jewels, demons, silent saints, jewels and so many jewels, so many oceans. and countless the bejewelled oceans. many silent sages. So many oceans sages! How many oceans of jewels! sages! So many jewels! So many persons of honour. So many jewels of kyqy rqn smuMd ] born of oceans. oceans. of jewels. oceans! spiritual instruction in so many Kete dev dānav mun kete oceans of existences. kete ratan samund. kyqIAw KwxI kyqIAw bwxI Many are the sources of creation, There are innumerable sources of So many species and tongues, so Countless the sources of creation, So many ways of life, so many How many sources, how many words So many sources and manners of So many ways of thinking about languages, dynasties of masters of production, innumerable languages, many kings and emperors. countless the harmonies, countless languages. So many dynasties of and languages! How many dynasties speaking! So many kingdoms! So things. So many words that come kyqy pwq nirMd ] men and kings. and innumerable dynasties of kings. those that listen unto them. rulers. of kings! many kings! from Thee. So many rulers of spiritual Ketīā khānī ketīā banī nobility. kete pāt narind. kyqIAw surqI syvk kyqy Many are the devotees of God, and Satguru Nanak says, that there is no So many remembrances, so many And countless the devotees of the So many intuitive people, so many How many ways to tune in, how many So many ways to tune in and to So many living attuned to Thee, so men of Divine wisdom. Nanak says, end to God's bounds, there are devotees. Nanak says, there is no word, endless and unending, O selfless servants. O Nanak, His limit servants! Oh Nanak, it is endless! serve! O Nanak! So many things! many of Your servants. Nanak, even nwnk AMqu n AMqu ]35] His forms are limitless. innumerable men of divine end to it, no end. Nanak! This realm. has no limit. Your limits are beyond limits. Ketīā surtī sevak kete knowledge, absorbed in His Nānak ant na ant. (35) meditation, and countless servants.

(36) brings divine realisation. grants complete understanding of the heavens and the earth igAwn KMf mih igAwnu prcMfu ] In the domain of knowledge Divine The light of God's knowledge brightly Knowing is the expression of the Divine knowledge illumines all in the In the realm of wisdom, spiritual In the realm of spiritual wisdom, True Knowledge gains strength in the In the realm of wisdom, wisdom is deliberations shine very much, shines in the domain of knowledge. realm of knowledge. realm of knowledge. wisdom reigns supreme. spiritual wisdom is very strong. Realm of Wisdom, found. Giān khand mehe giān parchand. iqQY nwd ibnod kof Anµdu ] and there can be found many joyous The heavenly music is played there, There is music and mirth and frolic While divine symphonies play The sound-current of the naad In that place are sound currents, where there are so many joyful There, beyond sound, the subtle sights and sounds. from which flows millions of joys and and bliss. unending music, and joy and bliss vibrates there, amidst the sounds and joyous sights and sounds. sounds and sights... vibratory frequency of creation Tithai nād binod kod anand. amusements. reign supreme. the sights of bliss. creates the plays and dramas. srm KMf kI bwxI rUpu ] Next comes spiritual achievement, The language of those reaching the Modesty is the expression of the Next, the realm of ecstasy, where the In the realm of humility, the word is In the realm of spiritual achievement, In the Realm of Realization the word In the realm of effort, the Divine word where beauty guides and directs all realm of spiritual happiness is realm of humility. word is enrapturing. beauty. the word is beauty. is Beauty! becomes form. Saram khand kī bānī rūp. speech, ecstatic and glorious beyond beautiful. words to express. iqQY GwViq GVIAY bhuqu AnUpu ] There, incomparable forms are Unique forms, having no parallel The experiences that take place are Everything created here is Forms of incomparable beauty are Very beautiful forms are made there. What is crafted there are creations of fashioned. whatsoever in beauty, are finished beautiful and incomparable. marvellously strange, fashioned there. incomparable beauty. Tithai ghārat gharīai bahut anūp. there. qw kIAw glw kQIAw nw jwih ] What happens there cannot be What is happening in that sphere He cannot be spoken of in words. And beyond description. These things cannot be described. They cannot be spoken of. To speak of this, no one has any It is impossible to speak of these described. cannot be depicted. might. matters. Tā kīā galā kathīā nā jāhe. jy ko khY ipCY pCuqwie ] If anyone tries to describe, he shall He, who tires to describe the same, He, who tries, repents later. Whoever tries to describe the same, One who tries to speak of these shall If anyone tries to speak, they So incredibly beautiful is this realm, If someone tries to speak, afterwards, repent afterwards. will have to repent subsequently. must repent his folly. regret the attempt. afterwards regret. that to speak of it just sounds trite. he’ll only feel mournful that he Je ko kahai pichhai pachhutāe. couldn’t describe it. iqQY GVIAY suriq miq min buiD ] There, the inner consciousness, The inner consciousness, the Memory, mind, understanding, and Herein the mind, reason and The intuitive consciousness, intellect In that place are made the power to From here comes all power to listen What is crafted there are persons of intellect and understanding of mind intellect, the soul, and the wisdom are intelligence are all formulated here, understanding are etherealised, the and understanding of the mind are listen, wisdom, and the mind's and know. purity, clarity and grace. Attuned to Tithai gharīai surat mat man budh. are moulded. all fashioned again in that realm. self comes to its own, shaped there. intuition. the Divine with minds that know the difference between Truth and falsehood, persons of genuine understanding and wisdom. iqQY GVIAY surw isDw kI suiD ]36] There, the genius of the pious and The genius intuition of pious persons And the consciousness of gods and And develops the penetration of the The consciousness of the spiritual In that place is made the From here the saints come. To here What is crafted there are the psyches people of occult powers are moulded. and men of miracles is fashioned enlightened ones. gods and the sages. warriors and the siddhas, the beings consciousness of pious persons and the saints go. of angels and masters. Tithai gharīai surā sidhā kī sudh. (36) Here, spiritual vision is gained. afresh. of spiritual perfection, are shaped siddhas. there.

(37) cuts the karma. eliminates the impact of all bad karmas krm KMf kI bwxI joru ] Then comes the realm of action. Language of those, who enter the Power is the expression in the realm Higher still stands karam khand, the In the realm of karma, the word is In the realm of action (or grace) the In the Realm of Action the word is In the realm of grace, Your sacred There is spiritual force in the realm of grace, possess spiritual of grace. realm of grace. power. word is power. Power! words are power, Karam khand kī bānī jor. language of these people, ruled and power and effect. guided by God's grace. iqQY horu n koeI horu ] No one else is there, None else resides there, except the Except this, there is nothing else. Here the word is all in all, and nothing No one else dwells there, No one else is there. And there is no other power besides approved ones. else prevails. it. Tithai hor na koī hor. iqQY joD mhwbl sUr ] only the very powerful warriors and There are powerful warriors and In it are the great warriors and Here dwell the bravest of the brave, Except the warriors of great power, In that place are warriors, greatly Here are the warriors. Men of the In that realm are brave and strong heroes live there. heroes. heroes. the conquerors of the mind, the spiritual heroes. strong heroes. hour! spiritual warriors, Tithai jodh mahābal sūr. iqn mih rwmu rihAw BrpUr ] Within them, the spirit of the Almighty Might of the all pervading God is There, Ram abides in his fullness. Filled with the love divine. They are totally fulfilled, imbued with God is completely filling them. Full of God's strength! Completely Filled with the presence of the Divine. Lord remains fully filled. contained to the brim within such the Lord's essence. fulfilled! Tin meh rām rahiā bharpūr. residents. iqQY sIqo sIqw mihmw mwih ] There abide those who are fully sewn Such residents are fully absorbed in And in its glory also Sita abides. Here dwell devotees with devotion, Myriads of Sitas are there, cool and In that place are cool, calm and And here are the cool and graceful There, it is a habit sewn securely in the Lord's admiration. the praises of God. incomparable as Sitas. calm in their majestic glory. graceful ladies in glory. ladies inside them to honour and praise Tithai sīto sītā mehemā māhe. Thee. qw ky rUp n kQny jwih ] Their beauty cannot be narrated. Their beauty cannot be narrated. Whose form is beyond words. Illumined with beauty ineffable. Their beauty cannot be described. Those beautiful forms cannot be whose beauty is beyond compare. These beautiful forms are impossible described. to describe. Tā ke rūp na kathne jāhe. nw Eih mrih n Twgy jwih ] Those, in whose hearts God abides They never die and can never be They never die nor can be cheated, All hearts filled with God, they live Neither death nor deception comes to Neither do they die, nor do they find They live far beyond deception and Neither they die, nor are they do not die nor can they be swindled. defrauded. beyond the reach of death and of those, obstacles, death. deceived by anyone. Nā oh marehe na thāge jāhe. delusion. ijn kY rwmu vsY mn mwih ] Because God's name resides within In whose heart Ram abides. Within whose minds the Lord abides. Those in whose minds God lives. Their minds full of God - aware! The Divine dwells within their minds. their hearts. Jin kai rām vasai man māhe. iqQY Bgq vsih ky loA ] There, the devotees of all the worlds The saints of all worlds live there. There live many devotees of many Here dwell the bhagats or sages The devotees of many worlds dwell There saints live, and many lights. And here live God's lovers. Full of There, those who have surrendered live. different worlds. drawn from all regions. there. Light! themselves in love to Thee live as Tithai bhagat vasehe ke lo. lights. krih Anµdu scw min soie ] They are happy with Lord's name in They are full of heavenly bliss, as Keeping the true name in their hearts, Who rejoice in the True One and live They celebrate, their minds are They experience ecstasy, the true Full of Joy! Full of His might! They enjoy sweet-tasting bliss within their hearts. God abides in their hearts. they enjoy bliss. in perpetual bliss. imbued with the true Lord. One in their minds. themselves. Karehe anand sachā man soe. sc KMif vsY inrMkwru ] In the realm of Truth abides the In the realm of truth resides the In the realm of truth the formless Sach khand or the realm of truth is In the realm of truth, the formless In the realm of truth lives the formless In the Realm of Truth lives the In the Realm of Truth, the Formless Formless Lord. formless God. abides. the seat of the formless One. Lord abides. One. Formless One. One dwells. Sach khand vasai nirankār. kir kir vyKY ndir inhwl ] Watching His creation with merciful By His merciful glance, God, while He creates the world and exults in it Here, He creates all creations, Having created the creation, He Having created the creation, He He watches and blesses everyone. By seeing all that is continuously eyes, He brings fulfilment. beholding the creation, makes them with His vision. rejoicing in creating. watches over it. By His glance of beholds, and by His glance makes done, the Divine looks kindly upon us Kar kar vekhai nadar nihāl. happy. grace, He bestows happiness. happy. and, in that kind look, brings everything to a state of completion. iqQY KMf mMfl vrBMf ] There are all the worlds, universes There are continents, worlds, solar With Him are the continents, the Here are many regions, heavenly There are planets, solar systems, and Realms, worlds, and solar systems Planets... stars... galaxies spinning... There are worlds upon worlds, solar and spheres systems in that realm. suns, the universes. systems and universes. galaxies. are there. systems, universes. Tithai khand mandal varbhand. jy ko kQY q AMq n AMq ] of which there is no limit, no count. One, who attempts to describe them, And they all defy description. To count which were to count the If one speaks of them, there is no If someone speaks, there is no end, Far beyond speech... No end... No If someone tried to describe them all, should know that these are limitless. countless. limit, no end. no end to it. beginning. there would be no limit. Je ko kathai ta ant na ant. iqQY loA loA Awkwr ] There are universes upon universes There are creations after creations There are worlds upon worlds, and Here, out of the formless, the There are worlds upon worlds of His There are lights and realms and Here all things are filled with Light! There, lights upon lights come into and creations upon creations. and universes after universes. creations upon creations. heavenly plateaux and all else come creation. creations. bodies and forms. Tithai lo lo ākār. into form. ijv ijv hukmu iqvY iqv kwr ] There, functions are according to His They function according to the All works according to His order. All destined to move according to His As He commands, so they exist. As is the command, so is the As His command comes forth, all And as the Divine Will guides them so order. command of God. will. creation. things are born. they act. Jiv jiv hukam tivai tiv kār. vyKY ivgsY kir vIcwru ] The Lord sees, contemplates and is God gets joy by thinking of and Seeing all this and thinking of it, He He who is blessed with this vision, He watches over all, and Having deeply reflected, He beholds Reflecting deeply, He sees and The Divine remains in a state of filled with joy. beholding His creation. flowers in happiness. rejoices in its contemplation. contemplating the creation, He and rejoices. rejoices! contemplation seeing and enjoying it Vekhai vigsai kar vīchār. rejoices. all. nwnk kQnw krVw swru ]37] Nanak says, it is hard like steel to tell Satguru Nanak says, that to describe Nanak says, to describe Him is like But, O Nanak, such is its beauty that O Nanak, to describe this is as hard Oh Nanak, to describe this is as hard O Nanak! I can't describe it! Nanak, describing this forges the hard about that realm. the realm of truth is as difficult as chewing on iron. to try to describe it is to attempt the as steel. as eating steel. steel of Truth. Nānak kathnā kararā sār. (37) eating iron. impossible.

(38) gives you the power to rewrite your own destiny jqu pwhwrw DIrju suinAwru ] Make continence thy furnace, Make continence your furnace and Self-restraint is the furnace, patience Make chastity your furnace, patience Let self-control be the furnace, and Continence is the furnace, patience Working over the forge of self-control, Let the practice of restraining your patience thy goldsmith, patience your goldsmith. is the goldsmith. your smithy. patience the goldsmith. the goldsmith. the goldsmith of patience desires be the furnace, and let Jat pāhārā dhīraj suniār. calmness be the gold-smith. Ahrix miq vydu hQIAwru ] understanding thy anvil, Divine Make understanding your anvil and Intellect is the anvil, knowledge is the The Master's word your anvil, and Let understanding be the anvil, and Understanding is the anvil, wisdom pounds the hammer of wisdom upon Let the mind that knows the knowledge thy tools. divine knowledge your tools. hammer. true knowledge your hammer. spiritual wisdom the tools. the tool. the anvil of deep understanding. difference between Truth and Ahran mat ved hathīār. falsehood be the anvil, and let what you learn from your own experience be the hammer. Bau Klw Agin qp qwau ] God's fear thy bellows, practising Make God's fear your bellows and the Fear is the bellows, austerity is the Make awe of God your bellows and With the fear of God as the bellows, Awe is the bellows, psychic heat the With the bellows of awe and Take your fear and use it to stoke the penance thy fire, practice of penance as your fire. fire. with it kindle the fire of austerity. fan the flames of tapa, the body's fire. reverence, he fans the flames of his fires of your own spiritual discipline, Bhau khalā agan tap tāo. inner heat. body's inner heat. BWfw Bwau AMimRqu iqqu Fwil ] and Lord's love thy pot in which to Treat the love for God as the pot, Feeling is the crucible into which the And in the crucible of love, melt the In the crucible of love, melt the nectar Love is the pot, extract the nectar into In the crucible of love, he melts the And let Love be the pot in which the filter the Nectar of God's Name. extract and pour the nectar of the nectar falls. nectar divine. of the name. it. golden nectar nectar of self-awakening, of self- Bhāndā bhāo amrit tit dhāl. name of God in it. awareness is poured. GVIAY sbdu scI tkswl ] Thus the Divine word is cast in the And then, the divine words are minted The coinage of the word is cast in the Only in such a mint, can man be cast And mint the true coin of the shabad, The sound current, the true mind, is and mints the True Coin of the Word. From that, fashion the coin of True Mint. in the true mint. mint of truth. into the word. the word of God. made. speaking and living pure Truth. Gharīai sabad sachī taksāl. ijn kau ndir krmu iqn kwr ] This is the way of those on whom He This is the daily program of those, Only those receiving His grace can But they alone who are favoured by Such is the karma of those upon This is the karma of those unto whom This is the labour of those who've Those upon whom You look kindly, has shed His Grace. upon whom God casts His gracious succeed in it. Him, can take unto this path. whom He has cast His glance of God's grace is sent. been blessed. Oh Divine Spirit, act in this way. Jin kau nadar karam tin kār. glance. grace. nwnk ndrI ndir inhwl ]38] Nanak says, the Merciful Master with Satguru Nanak says, that God with Nanak says, one becomes exalted by O Nanak, on whom He looks with O Nanak, the merciful Lord, by His Oh Nanak, the merciful One showers O Nanak! The Giver of blessings has Nanak, the Divine gaze bestows a His kind look fills them with bliss. His merciful look, showers happiness His compassionate look. grace, He fills with ever-lasting peace. grace, uplifts and exalts them. happiness on them. made them truly happy! continuous grace which completes Nānak nadrī nadar nihāl. (38) on them. everything.

(salok) brings self-satisfaction, elevation, acknowledgement, and respect sloku ] Slok Last Sermon Epilogue Finale Shalok Slok Slok Shalok Salok. pvxu gurU pwxI ipqw The Air is the Guru, Water is the Air is the guru, water the father, and Wind is the guru, water is the father, Air is the Master, water the father, Air is the guru, water is the father, Air is the Guru, water the father, Air is the Guru... Water the Father... The wind is the Guru, the teacher, the father, Earth, the great mother, earth the great mother. the great earth is the mother. and the earth the mother. and earth is the great mother of all. mother is the great earth. and Earth the great Mother of all. guide, and water is the father. The mwqw Driq mhqu ] mother is the great and honoured Pavan gurū pānī pitā earth. mātā dharat mahat. idvsu rwiq duie dweI dwieAw Day and night are two male and Day and night are two male and Night and day are midwife and Day and night are the two nurses in Day and night are the two nurses, in Day and night are both nurses. The In the laps of the two nurses, Night Day and night are the two nurses in female nurses in whose lap the entire female nurses, in whose lap the entire groom, and the whole world is playing whose lap the whole world is at play. whose lap all the world is at play. whole world is playing. and Day, The whole world lives in an whose lap the entire world plays. KylY sgl jgqu ] world plays. world plays. with them. endless play. Divas rāt doe dāī dāiā khelai sagal jagat. cMigAweIAw buirAweIAw The merits and demerits shall be read Good and bad deeds will be narrated Good and bad deeds are read out in Our actions, good and evil, will be Good deeds and bad deeds - the Good deeds and bad deeds, one We must judge the results of our own All that is good, all that is bad, are before the Righteous Judge. before the God of justice. His court by dharma. brought before His court. record is read out in the presence of speaks in the presence of Dharma. actions. equally embraced in the presence of vwcY Drmu hdUir ] the Lord of dharma. the Divine under the command of Changiāīā buriāīā Divine Law. vāchai dharam hadūr. krmI Awpo AwpxI By their respective deeds some shall Some will be called in, and others will And our own actions determine And by our own deeds, shall we move According to their own actions, some According to their own actions some By our actions we live near or far. By your actions, you, yourself, will be near Him and some far from Him. be pushed away by God in whether we are near to Him or far. higher or be cast into the depths. are drawn closer, and some are people are close, some far. know how close you are to Truth or ky nyVY ky dUir ] accordance with their actions. driven farther away. how far away. Karmī āpo āpnī ke nerai ke dūr. ijnI nwmu iDAwieAw Those, who dwelt on the Name and Those who have meditated on God's Those who meditate on His name and Those who have communed with the Those who have meditated on the Those who have one-pointedly Those who deeply know who they Those who meditate in the core of departed after putting in hard efforts, name, will leave this world after labour sincerely earn merit. word, their toils shall end. naam, the name of the Lord, and concentrated on the name, having are, and have worked hard, can their being who earn themselves gey mskiq Gwil ] putting toil in the right direction. departed after having worked by the worked very hard and sweated, rejoice and go Home. through their hard work - Jinī nām dhiāiā sweat of their brows, gae masakat ghāl. nwnk qy muK aujly Nanak says, their faces shall shine, They will go with brilliant faces, and Their faces are radiant with success, And their faces shall flame with glory, O Nanak, their faces are radiant in Oh Nanak, their faces are radiant! O Nanak! Their faces shine with joy Nanak, their faces are radiant and and many will be saved through them. many more will be emancipated along and many others are liberated by not only shall they have salvation. the court of the Lord, and many are How many are freed along with them! and they take many others along. beautiful and so very many who are kyqI CutI nwil ]1] with them. contact with them. O Nanak, but many more shall find saved along with them. connected with them are liberated, Nānak te mukh ujle freedom with them. too. ketī chhutī nāl. (1)

> Literature

The Translations

1. Pritam Singh Chahil, Sri Guru Granth Sahib translation, New Delhi, India, 1992 2. Harbans Singh Doabia, Sacred Nitnem, Amritsar, India, 2002 3. Osho, The True Name (Vol 1 & Vol 2), New Age International, New Delhi, India, 2003 4. Sant Kirpal Singh, The Jap Ji: The Message of Guru Nanak, Delhi, India, 1959 5. Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, Sri Guru Granth Sahib translation, Tuscon, USA, 2013 6. Guruliv Singh Khalsa, Japji of Guru Nanak, Ancient Healing Ways, Eugene, USA, 1982 7. Guruka Singh Khalsa, Japji Sahib: Meditation of the Soul, Española, USA, 2004 8. Ek Ong Kar Kaur Khalsa, Japji Sahib: Song of the Soul, USA, 2004

Further Literature

9. Surindar Singh Kohli: Dictionary of Guru Granth Sahib, ISBN-10: 8172051743, ISBN-13: 978-8172051747 10. Christopher Shackle: An Introduction to the Sacred Language of the Sikhs, ISBN-10 072860107-9 11. Christopher Shackle: A Guru Nanak Glossary, ISBN 817026197-X 12. Bibi Inderjit Kaur Khalsa: Sri Guru Granth Sahib Darshan, no ISBN 13. Yogi Bhajan: Effects of the different Japji Pauris 14. The Mool Mantar Controversy 15. English translations of the complete Sri Guru Granth Sahib 16. Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Mysticism of Sound and Music, ISBN 978-1-57062-231-1 17. Stewart Pearce: The Alchemy of Voice, ISBN 978-1-84409-194-2 18. Alain Danielou: Music and the Power of Sound, ISBN 978-089281336-0

> Part 2: The Teachings of Japji Sahib with a detailed elaboration on all Pauris of Japji Sahib is planed to be published in the future.

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compiled by SS Sat Siri Singh Khalsa 1st Edition, October 2016, Southall, UK [email protected] www.kundalini-khalsa.com