Bavan Akhri

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ਆਪਨ ਆਪੁ ਆਪਹਿ ਉਪਾਇਓ ॥

aapan aap aapeh upaaeio |

He Himself created Himself.

ਆਪਹਿ ਬਾਪ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਮਾਇਓ ॥

aapeh baap aap hee maaeio |

He is His Own Father, He is His Own Mother.

ਆਪਹਿ ਸੂਖਮ ਆਪਹਿ ਅਸਥੂਲਾ ॥

aapeh sookham aapeh asathoolaa |

He Himself is subtle and etheric; He Himself is manifest and obvious.

ਲਖੀ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਨਾਨਕ ਲੀਲਾ ॥੧॥

lakhee na jaaee naanak leelaa |1|

O Nanak, His wondrous play cannot be understood. ||1||

ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਦੀਨ ਦਇਆਲਾ ॥

kar kirapaa prabh deen deaalaa |

O God, Merciful to the meek, please be kind to me,

ਤੇਰੇ ਸੰਤਨ ਕੀ ਮਨੁ ਹੋਇ ਰਵਾਲਾ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

tere santan kee man hoe ravaalaa | rahaau |

that my mind might become the dust of the feet of Your Saints. ||Pause||

ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

salok |

Salok:

ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਆਕਾਰ ਆਪਿ ਨਿਰਗੁਨ ਸਰਗੁਨ ਏਕ ॥

nirankaar aakaar aap niragun saragun ek |

He Himself is formless, and also formed; the One Lord is without attributes, and also with attributes.

ਏਕਹਿ ਏਕ ਬਖਾਨਨੋ ਨਾਨਕ ਏਕ ਅਨੇਕ ॥੧॥

ekeh ek bakhaanano naanak ek anek |1|

Describe the One Lord as One, and Only One; O Nanak, He is the One, and the many. ||1||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਓਅੰ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੀਓ ਅਕਾਰਾ ॥

oan guramukh keeo akaaraa |

ONG: The One Universal Creator created the Creation through the Word of the Primal Guru.

ਏਕਹਿ ਸੂਤਿ ਪਰੋਵਨਹਾਰਾ ॥

ekeh soot parovanahaaraa |

He strung it upon His one thread.

ਭਿੰਨ ਭਿੰਨ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਬਿਸਥਾਰੰ ॥

bhin bhin trai gun bisathaaran |

He created the diverse expanse of the three qualities.

ਨਿਰਗੁਨ ਤੇ ਸਰਗੁਨ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਾਰੰ ॥

niragun te saragun drisattaaran |

From formless, He appeared as form.

ਸਗਲ ਭਾਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਉਪਾਇਓ ॥

sagal bhaat kar kareh upaaeio |

The Creator has created the creation of all sorts.

ਜਨਮ ਮਰਨ ਮਨ ਮੋਹੁ ਬਢਾਇਓ ॥

janam maran man mohu badtaaeio |

The attachment of the mind has led to birth and death.

ਦੁਹੂ ਭਾਤਿ ਤੇ ਆਪਿ ਨਿਰਾਰਾ ॥

duhoo bhaat te aap niraaraa |

He Himself is above both, untouched and unaffected.

ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰਾ ॥੨॥

naanak ant na paaraavaaraa |2|

O Nanak, He has no end or limitation. ||2||

ਸਲੋਕੁ ॥

salok |

Salok:

ਸੇਈ ਸਾਹ ਭਗਵੰਤ ਸੇ ਸਚੁ ਸੰਪੈ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਸਿ ॥

seee saah bhagavant se sach sanpai har raas |

Those who gather Truth, and the riches of the Lord's Name, are rich and very fortunate.