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ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik oankaar satigur prasaad |One Oankar, the primal energy, realized through the grace of divine preceptor
ਪਉੜੀ ੧
paurree 1
ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹਾ ਪਾਤਿਸਾਹੁ ਸਤਿ ਸੁਹਾਣੀਐ ।
paatisaahaa paatisaahu sat suhaaneeai |The Lord is the emperor of the emperors, the truth and the beautiful
ਵਡਾ ਬੇਪਰਵਾਹ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੀਐ ।
vaddaa beparavaah ant na jaaneeai |He, the great, is nonchalant and his mystery cannot be understood
ਲਉਬਾਲੀ ਦਰਗਾਹ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣੀਐ ।
laubaalee daragaah aakh vakhaaneeai |His court is also anxiety free.
ਕੁਦਰਤ ਅਗਮੁ ਅਥਾਹੁ ਚੋਜ ਵਿਡਾਣੀਐ ।
kudarat agam athaahu choj viddaaneeai |The feats of His powers are unfathomable and impervious.
ਸਚੀ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਲਾਹ ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਣੀਐ ।
sachee sifat salaah akath kahaaneeai |His praise is true and the story of His eulogisation is undescribable.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਚੇ ਵਾਹੁ ਸਦ ਕੁਰਬਾਣੀਐ ।੧।
satigur sache vaahu sad kurabaaneeai |1|I accept the true Guru wondrous and offer my life (for His truth).
ਪਉੜੀ ੨
paurree 2
ਬ੍ਰਹਮੇ ਬਿਸਨ ਮਹੇਸ ਲਖ ਧਿਆਇਦੇ ।
brahame bisan mahes lakh dhiaaeide |Millions of Brahmas, Visnus and Mahegas adore the Lord.
ਨਾਰਦ ਸਾਰਦ ਸੇਸ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਗਾਇਦੇ ।
naarad saarad ses keerat gaaeide |Narad, Saran and Sesanag eulogise Him.
ਗਣ ਗੰਧਰਬ ਗਣੇਸ ਨਾਦ ਵਜਾਇਦੇ ।
gan gandharab ganes naad vajaaeide |The gams, gandharvas and Gana et al. play instruments (for Him).
ਛਿਅ ਦਰਸਨ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਸ ਸਾਂਗ ਬਣਾਇਦੇ ।
chhia darasan kar ves saang banaaeide |The six philosophies also propound different garbs (for reaching Him).
ਗੁਰ ਚੇਲੇ ਉਪਦੇਸ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇਦੇ ।
gur chele upades karam kamaaeide |The gurus sermonize the disciples and the disciples act accordingly.
ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਆਦੇਸੁ ਪਾਰੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਦੇ ।੨।
aad purakh aades paar na paaeide |2|Salute to the primeval Lord who is unfathomable.
ਪਉੜੀ ੩
paurree 3
ਪੀਰ ਪੈਕੰਬਰ ਹੋਇ ਕਰਦੇ ਬੰਦਗੀ ।
peer paikanbar hoe karade bandagee |The pirs and paigambars (messengers of Lord) worship Him.
ਸੇਖ ਮਸਾਇਕ ਹੋਇ ਕਰਿ ਮੁਹਛੰਦਗੀ ।
sekh masaaeik hoe kar muhachhandagee |The shaikhs and many other worshippers remain in His shelter.
ਗਉਸ ਕੁਤਬ ਕਈ ਲੋਇ ਦਰ ਬਖਸੰਦਗੀ ।
gaus kutab kee loe dar bakhasandagee |The gaues and qutabs (spiritualists of Islam) of many places beg for His grace at His door.
ਦਰ ਦਰਵੇਸ ਖਲੋਇ ਮਸਤ ਮਸੰਦਗੀ ।
dar daraves khaloe masat masandagee |Dervishs in their trance stand at His gate to receive (alms from Him)
ਵਲੀਉਲਹ ਸੁਣਿ ਸੋਇ ਕਰਨਿ ਪਸੰਦਗੀ ।
valeeaulah sun soe karan pasandagee |Listening to the praises of that Lord many walls also love Him.
ਦਰਗਹ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਕੋਇ ਬਖਤ ਬਲੰਦਗੀ ।੩।
daragah viralaa koe bakhat balandagee |3|A rare person of high fortune reaches His court.
ਪਉੜੀ ੪
paurree 4
ਸੁਣਿ ਆਖਾਣਿ ਵਖਾਣੁ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣਿਆ ।
sun aakhaan vakhaan aakh vakhaaniaa |People go on explaining disconnected rumours
ਹਿੰਦੂ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਣੁ ਨ ਸਚੁ ਸਿਞਾਣਿਆ ।
hindoo musalamaan na sach siyaaniaa |But none of the Hindus and Muslims has identified the truth.
ਦਰਗਹ ਪਤਿ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਮਾਣੁ ਨਿਮਾਣਿਆ ।
daragah pat paravaan maan nimaaniaa |Only an humble person is accepted respectfully in the court of the Lord.
ਵੇਦ ਕਤੇਬ ਕੁਰਾਣੁ ਨ ਅਖਰ ਜਾਣਿਆ ।
ved kateb kuraan na akhar jaaniaa |The Vedas, katebas and the 'Qur'an (i.e. all the scriptures of world) also know not even a single word about Him.
ਦੀਨ ਦੁਨੀ ਹੈਰਾਣੁ ਚੋਜ ਵਿਡਾਣਿਆ ।
deen dunee hairaan choj viddaaniaa |The whole world is wonder-struck to see his wondrous deeds.
ਕਾਦਰ ਨੋ ਕੁਰਬਾਣੁ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਮਾਣਿਆ ।੪।
kaadar no kurabaan kudarat maaniaa |4|I am sacrifice unto that creator who Himself is the basic grandeur of His creation.
ਪਉੜੀ ੫
paurree 5
ਲਖ ਲਖ ਰੂਪ ਸਰੂਪ ਅਨੂਪ ਸਿਧਾਵਹੀ ।
lakh lakh roop saroop anoop sidhaavahee |Millions of beauteous persons come to and go from this world
ਰੰਗ ਬਿਰੰਗ ਸੁਰੰਗ ਤਰੰਗ ਬਣਾਵਹੀ ।
rang birang surang tarang banaavahee |Millions of beauteous persons come to and go from this world and perform variegated activities.
ਰਾਗ ਨਾਦ ਵਿਸਮਾਦ ਗੁਣ ਨਿਧਿ ਗਾਵਹੀ ।
raag naad visamaad gun nidh gaavahee |The rags (melodies) and nods (sounds) also being wonder-struck eulogise that ocean of attributes (the Lord).
ਰਸ ਕਸ ਲਖ ਸੁਆਦ ਚਖਿ ਚਖਾਵਹੀ ।
ras kas lakh suaad chakh chakhaavahee |Millions taste and make others taste the edibles and inedibles.
ਗੰਧ ਸੁਗੰਧ ਕਰੋੜਿ ਮਹਿ ਮਹਕਾਵਈ ।
gandh sugandh karorr meh mahakaavee |Crores of people manage to make others enjoy the fragrance and varied smells.
ਗੈਰ ਮਹਲਿ ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ਮਹਲੁ ਨ ਪਾਵਹੀ ।੫।
gair mahal sulataan mahal na paavahee |5|But those who consider the Lord of this (body) mansion as an alien, they all cannot attain His mansion.
ਪਉੜੀ ੬
paurree 6
ਸਿਵ ਸਕਤੀ ਦਾ ਮੇਲੁ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਹੋਵਈ ।
siv sakatee daa mel dubidhaa hovee |The confluence of Siva and the Sakti is the root cause of this creation full of duality.
ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਮਾਇਆ ਖੇਲੁ ਭਰਿ ਭਰਿ ਧੋਵਈ ।
trai gun maaeaa khel bhar bhar dhovee |The maya with her three gunas (qualities – rajas, tamas and salty) plays her games and sometimes fills the man (with hopes and desires) and at another time empties him totally frustrating his plans.
ਚਾਰਿ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਭੇਲੁ ਹਾਰ ਪਰੋਵਈ ।
chaar padaarath bhel haar parovee |Maya deludes people through the cyclic garlands of dharma, arth, cam and mokc (four supposed ideals of life) offered by her to man.
ਪੰਜਿ ਤਤ ਪਰਵੇਲ ਅੰਤਿ ਵਿਗੋਵਈ ।
panj tat paravel ant vigovee |But man, the sum total of five elements, perishes ultimately.
ਛਿਅ ਰੁਤਿ ਬਾਰਹ ਮਾਹ ਹਸਿ ਹਸਿ ਰੋਵਈ ।
chhia rut baarah maah has has rovee |The jiv (creature), laughs, weeps and wails during all the six seasons and twelve months of his life
ਰਿਧਿ ਸਿਧਿ ਨਵ ਨਿਧਿ ਨੀਦ ਨ ਸੋਵਈ ।੬।
ridh sidh nav nidh need na sovee |6|And imbued with the pleasures of the miraculous powers (given him by the Lord) never attains peace and equipoise.
ਪਉੜੀ ੭
paurree 7
ਸਹਸ ਸਿਆਣਪ ਲਖ ਕੰਮਿ ਨ ਆਵਹੀ ।
sahas siaanap lakh kam na aavahee |Millions of skills make no avail.
ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਉਨਮਾਨੁ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਵਹੀ ।
giaan dhiaan unamaan ant na paavahee |Myriads of knowledges, concentrations and inferences are unable to know the mysteries of Lord.
ਲਖ ਸਸੀਅਰ ਲਖ ਭਾਨੁ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਧ੍ਯਾਵਹੀ ।
lakh saseear lakh bhaan ahinis dhayaavahee |Millions of moons and suns adore Him day and night.
ਲਖ ਪਰਕਿਰਤਿ ਪਰਾਣ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਹੀ ।
lakh parakirat paraan karam kamaavahee |And millions of people remain imbued with humility.
ਲਖ ਲਖ ਗਰਬ ਗੁਮਾਨ ਲੱਜ ਲਜਾਵਹੀ ।
lakh lakh garab gumaan laj lajaavahee |Millions are worshipping the Lord according to their own religious traditions.
ਲਖ ਲਖ ਦੀਨ ਈਮਾਨ ਤਾੜੀ ਲਾਵਹੀ ।
lakh lakh deen eemaan taarree laavahee |Millions are worshipping the Lord according to their own religious traditions.
ਭਾਉ ਭਗਤਿ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਹੀ ।੭।
bhaau bhagat bhagavaan sach samaavahee |7|Only through loving devotion one can merge in the Lord, the absolute truth.
ਪਉੜੀ ੮
paurree 8
ਲਖ ਪੀਰ ਪਤਿਸਾਹ ਪਰਚੇ ਲਾਵਹੀ ।
lakh peer patisaah parache laavahee |Millions of spiritualists and emperors confuse the public.
ਜੋਗ ਭੋਗ ਲਖ ਰਾਹ ਸੰਗਿ ਚਲਾਵਹੀ ।
jog bhog lakh raah sang chalaavahee |Millions adopt yoga and bhog (enjoyment) simultaneously
ਦੀਨ ਦੁਨੀ ਅਸਗਾਹ ਹਾਥਿ ਨ ਪਾਵਹੀ ।
deen dunee asagaah haath na paavahee |But they cannot fathom the divine who is beyond all the religions and the world.
ਕਟਕ ਮੁਰੀਦ ਪਨਾਹ ਸੇਵ ਕਮਾਵਹੀ ।
kattak mureed panaah sev kamaavahee |Myriads of servants serve him
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਲਾਹ ਆਖਿ ਸੁਣਾਵਹੀ ।
ant na sifat salaah aakh sunaavahee |But their praises and eulogies cannot know his extent.
ਲਉਬਾਲੀ ਦਰਗਾਹ ਖੜੇ ਧਿਆਵਹੀ ।੮।
laubaalee daragaah kharre dhiaavahee |8|All standing at His court adore that anxiety-free Lord.
ਪਉੜੀ ੯
paurree 9
ਲਖ ਸਾਹਿਬਿ ਸਿਰਦਾਰ ਆਵਣ ਜਾਵਣੇ ।
lakh saahib siradaar aavan jaavane |Many masters and leaders come and go.
ਲਖ ਵਡੇ ਦਰਬਾਰ ਬਣਤ ਬਣਾਵਣੇ ।
lakh vadde darabaar banat banaavane |Many majestic courts exist and their stores are so full of wealth
ਦਰਬ ਭਰੇ ਭੰਡਾਰ ਗਣਤ ਗਣਾਵਣੇ ।
darab bhare bhanddaar ganat ganaavane |That continuous counting goes on there (to avoid any deficiency).
ਪਰਵਾਰੈ ਸਾਧਾਰ ਬਿਰਦ ਸਦਾਵਣੇ ।
paravaarai saadhaar birad sadaavane |Many becoming helping hand to many families are sticking to their words and protect their reputation.
ਲੋਭ ਮੋਹ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ਧੋਹ ਕਮਾਵਣੇ ।
lobh moh ahankaar dhoh kamaavane |Many, controlled by greed, infatuation and ego, go on swindling and cheating.
ਕਰਦੇ ਚਾਰੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ਦਹ ਦਿਸਿ ਧਾਵਣੇ ।
karade chaar veechaar dah dis dhaavane |Many are there who talking and discoursing sweetly wander in all the ten directions.
ਲਖ ਲਖ ਬੁਜਰਕਵਾਰ ਮਨ ਪਰਚਾਵਣੇ ।੯।
lakh lakh bujarakavaar man parachaavane |9|Millions are old people who are still swinging their mind in the hopes and desires.
ਪਉੜੀ ੧੦
paurree 10(Autari=incarnate conception. Khewat=sailor. Khewhi=puts clothes on. Jaiwanwar=cook. Jewan=kitchen. Dargah Darbar= presence court or assembly.)
ਲਖ ਦਾਤੇ ਦਾਤਾਰ ਮੰਗਿ ਮੰਗਿ ਦੇਵਹੀ ।
lakh daate daataar mang mang devahee |Millions are the generous persons who beg and bestow upon others.
ਅਉਤਰਿ ਲਖ ਅਵਤਾਰ ਕਾਰ ਕਰੇਵਹੀ ।
aautar lakh avataar kaar karevahee |Millions are incarnations (of gods) who having born have performed many acts
ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ਖੇਵਟ ਖੇਵਹੀ ।
ant na paaraavaar khevatt khevahee |Many boatmen have rowed but none could know the extent and end of the world ocean.
ਵੀਚਾਰੀ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ਭੇਤੁ ਨ ਦੇਵਹੀ ।
veechaaree veechaar bhet na devahee |The thinkers also could know nothing about His mystery.
ਕਰਤੂਤੀ ਆਚਾਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਲੇਵਹੀ ।
karatootee aachaar kar jas levahee |The thinkers also could know nothing about His mystery.
ਲਖ ਲਖ ਜੇਵਣਹਾਰ ਜੇਵਣ ਜੇਵਹੀ ।
lakh lakh jevanahaar jevan jevahee |Millions are eating and feeding others and
ਲਖ ਦਰਗਹ ਦਰਬਾਰ ਸੇਵਕ ਸੇਵਹੀ ।੧੦।
lakh daragah darabaar sevak sevahee |10|Millions are there who are serving the transcendental Lord and also in the courts of worldly kings.
ਪਉੜੀ ੧੧
paurree 11
ਸੂਰ ਵੀਰ ਵਰੀਆਮ ਜੋਰੁ ਜਣਾਵਹੀ ।
soor veer vareeaam jor janaavahee |The valiant soldiers show their powers
ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਰਤੇ ਲਖ ਆਖਿ ਸੁਣਾਵਹੀ ।
sun sun surate lakh aakh sunaavahee |Millions of the listeners explain His praises.
ਖੋਜੀ ਖੋਜਨਿ ਖੋਜਿ ਦਹਿ ਦਿਸਿ ਧਾਵਹੀ ।
khojee khojan khoj deh dis dhaavahee |Researchers also run in all the ten directions.
ਚਿਰ ਜੀਵੈ ਲਖ ਹੋਇ ਨ ਓੜਕੁ ਪਾਵਹੀ ।
chir jeevai lakh hoe na orrak paavahee |Millions of long-lived ones have happened but none could know the mystery of that Lord
ਖਰੇ ਸਿਆਣੇ ਹੋਇ ਨ ਮਨੁ ਸਮਝਾਵਹੀ ।
khare siaane hoe na man samajhaavahee |Even being clever, people do not make their minds understand (the futility of rituals and other allied hypocrisies)
ਲਉਬਾਲੀ ਦਰਗਾਹ ਚੋਟਾਂ ਖਾਵਹੀ ।੧੧।
laubaalee daragaah chottaan khaavahee |11|And ultimately get punished at the court of the Lord.
ਪਉੜੀ ੧੨
paurree 12
ਹਿਕਮਤਿ ਲਖ ਹਕੀਮ ਚਲਤ ਬਣਾਵਹੀ ।
hikamat lakh hakeem chalat banaavahee |Physicians prepare myriads of prescriptions.
ਆਕਲ ਹੋਇ ਫਹੀਮ ਮਤੇ ਮਤਾਵਹੀ ।
aakal hoe faheem mate mataavahee |Millions of people full of wisdom adopt many a resolution.
ਗਾਫਲ ਹੋਇ ਗਨੀਮ ਵਾਦ ਵਧਾਵਹੀ ।
gaafal hoe ganeem vaad vadhaavahee |Many enemies unwittingly go on increasing their enmity.
ਲੜਿ ਲੜਿ ਕਰਨਿ ਮੁਹੀਮ ਆਪੁ ਗਣਾਵਹੀ ।
larr larr karan muheem aap ganaavahee |They march for fightings and thus show their ego
ਹੋਇ ਜਦੀਦ ਕਦੀਮ ਨ ਖੁਦੀ ਮਿਟਾਵਹੀ ।
hoe jadeed kadeem na khudee mittaavahee |From youth, though, they step in old age yet their egotism is not effaced.
ਸਾਬਰੁ ਹੋਇ ਹਲੀਮ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਵਹੀ ।੧੨।
saabar hoe haleem aap gavaavahee |12|Only the contented and the humble lose their sense of egocentricity.
ਪਉੜੀ ੧੩
paurree 13
ਲਖ ਲਖ ਪੀਰ ਮੁਰੀਦ ਮੇਲ ਮਿਲਾਵਹੀ ।
lakh lakh peer mureed mel milaavahee |Lacs of spiritualists and their disciples assemble.
ਸੁਹਦੇ ਲਖ ਸਹੀਦ ਜਾਰਤ ਲਾਵਹੀ ।
suhade lakh saheed jaarat laavahee |Myriads of beggers ave pilgrimages at the martyries.
ਲਖ ਰੋਜੇ ਲਖ ਈਦ ਨਿਵਾਜ ਕਰਾਵਹੀ ।
lakh roje lakh eed nivaaj karaavahee |Millions of people observe fasts (roza) and offer namaz (prayer) of id.
ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਗੁਫਤ ਸੁਨੀਦ ਮਨ ਪਰਚਾਵਹੀ ।
kar kar gufat suneed man parachaavahee |Many entice their minds by being busy in questioning and answering.
ਹੁਜਰੇ ਕੁਲਫ ਕਲੀਦ ਜੁਹਦ ਕਮਾਵਹੀ ।
hujare kulaf kaleed juhad kamaavahee |Many are engaged in preparing the key of evotion for opening the lock of mind's temple.
ਦਰਿ ਦਰਵੇਸ ਰਸੀਦ ਨ ਆਪੁ ਜਣਾਵਹੀ ।੧੩।
dar daraves raseed na aap janaavahee |13|But those Who by becoming dervish at the door of Lord have become acceptable, never show their individuality.
ਪਉੜੀ ੧੪
paurree 14
ਉਚੇ ਮਹਲ ਉਸਾਰਿ ਵਿਛਾਇ ਵਿਛਾਵਣੇ ।
auche mahal usaar vichhaae vichhaavane |Tall palaces are erected and carpets are spread therein,
ਵਡੇ ਦੁਨੀਆਦਾਰ ਨਾਉ ਗਣਾਵਣੇ ।
vadde duneeaadaar naau ganaavane |To get counted amongst, the high-ups.
ਕਰਿ ਗੜ ਕੋਟ ਹਜਾਰ ਰਾਜ ਕਮਾਵਣੇ ।
kar garr kott hajaar raaj kamaavane |Constructing thousands of forts people rule over them
ਲਖ ਲਖ ਮਨਸਬਦਾਰ ਵਜਹ ਵਧਾਵਣੇ ।
lakh lakh manasabadaar vajah vadhaavane |And millions of officers sing panegyrics in the honour of their rulers.
ਪੂਰ ਭਰੇ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ਆਵਨ ਜਾਵਣੇ ।
poor bhare ahankaar aavan jaavane |Such people full of their self-esteems go on transmigrating from
ਤਿਤੁ ਸਚੇ ਦਰਬਾਰ ਖਰੇ ਡਰਾਵਣੇ ।੧੪।
tit sache darabaar khare ddaraavane |14|And to this world and look uglier in the true court of the Lord.
ਪਉੜੀ ੧੫
paurree 15
ਤੀਰਥ ਲਖ ਕਰੋੜਿ ਪੁਰਬੀ ਨਾਵਣਾ ।
teerath lakh karorr purabee naavanaa |Millions of bathings at pilgrimage centres on auspicious occasions;
ਦੇਵੀ ਦੇਵ ਸਥਾਨ ਸੇਵ ਕਰਾਵਣਾ ।
devee dev sathaan sev karaavanaa |Serving at the places of gods and goddesses;
ਜਪ ਤਪ ਸੰਜਮ ਲਖ ਸਾਧਿ ਸਧਾਵਣਾ ।
jap tap sanjam lakh saadh sadhaavanaa |Observance of austerities and millions of praxis by being meditative and full of continence
ਹੋਮ ਜਗ ਨਈਵੇਦ ਭੋਗ ਲਗਾਵਣਾ ।
hom jag neeved bhog lagaavanaa |Offerings through yajn and horns etc;
ਵਰਤ ਨੇਮ ਲਖ ਦਾਨ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਣਾ ।
varat nem lakh daan karam kamaavanaa |Fasts, dos and donots and millions of charities (for the sake of show business)
ਲਉਬਾਲੀ ਦਰਗਾਹ ਪਖੰਡ ਨ ਜਾਵਣਾ ।੧੫।
laubaalee daragaah pakhandd na jaavanaa |15|Have absolutely no meaning in that true court of the Lord.
ਪਉੜੀ ੧੬
paurree 16
ਪੋਪਲੀਆਂ ਭਰਨਾਲਿ ਲਖ ਤਰੰਦੀਆਂ ।
popaleean bharanaal lakh tarandeean |Millions of leather bags (boats) go on floating on water
ਓੜਕ ਓੜਕ ਭਾਲਿ ਸੁਧਿ ਨ ਲਹੰਦੀਆਂ ।
orrak orrak bhaal sudh na lahandeean |But even searching the vast ocean they do not find possible to know the ends of the ocean.
ਅਨਲ ਮਨਲ ਕਰਿ ਖਿਆਲ ਉਮਗਿ ਉਡੰਦੀਆਂ ।
anal manal kar khiaal umag uddandeean |The lines of anil birds fly high to know about the sky but their jumps and
ਉਛਲਿ ਕਰਨਿ ਉਛਾਲ ਨ ਉਭਿ ਚੜ੍ਹੰਦੀਆਂ ।
auchhal karan uchhaal na ubh charrhandeean |Upward flights do not take them to the highest borders of sky.
ਲਖ ਅਗਾਸ ਪਤਾਲ ਕਰਿ ਮੁਹਛੰਦੀਆਂ ।
lakh agaas pataal kar muhachhandeean |Millions of skies and nether worlds (and their inhabitants) are beggars before Him and
ਦਰਗਹ ਇਕ ਰਵਾਲ ਬੰਦੇ ਬੰਦੀਆਂ ।੧੬।
daragah ik ravaal bande bandeean |16|Before the servants of God's court are nothing more than a particle of dust.
ਪਉੜੀ ੧੭
paurree 17
ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਮਾਇਆ ਖੇਲੁ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਖਾਲਿਆ ।
trai gun maaeaa khel kar dekhaaliaa |The Lord has produced this world as the play of the three dimensional maya.
ਖਾਣੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਚਾਰਿ ਚਲਤੁ ਉਠਾਲਿਆ ।
khaanee baanee chaar chalat utthaaliaa |He has accomplished the feat of (the creation of) four life mines (egg, foetus, sweat, vegetation) and four speeches (pars, pasyanti, madhyama and vaikhar).
ਪੰਜਿ ਤਤ ਉਤਪਤਿ ਬੰਧਿ ਬਹਾਲਿਆ ।
panj tat utapat bandh bahaaliaa |Creating from the five elements he bound them all in a divine law.
ਛਿਅ ਰੁਤਿ ਬਾਰਹ ਮਾਹ ਸਿਰਜਿ ਸਮ੍ਹਾਲਿਆ ।
chhia rut baarah maah siraj samhaaliaa |He created and sustained the six seasons and the twelve months.
ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਸੂਰਜ ਚੰਦੁ ਦੀਵੇ ਬਾਲਿਆ ।
ahinis sooraj chand deeve baaliaa |For day and night He lit the sun and the moon as lamps.
ਇਕੁ ਕਵਾਉ ਪਸਾਉ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲਿਆ ।੧੭।
eik kavaau pasaau nadar nihaaliaa |17|With one vibrational throb he expanded the whole creation and delighted it through his graceful glance.
ਪਉੜੀ ੧੮
paurree 18
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਇਕੁ ਕਵਾਉ ਥਾਪ ਉਥਾਪਦਾ ।
kudarat ik kavaau thaap uthaapadaa |With one word (sound) the Lord creates the universe and destroyes it.
ਤਿਦੂ ਲਖ ਦਰੀਆਉ ਨ ਓੜਕੁ ਜਾਪਦਾ ।
tidoo lakh dareeaau na orrak jaapadaa |From that very Lord myriads of life streams have emerged and there is no end to them.
ਲਖ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡ ਸਮਾਉ ਨ ਲਹਰਿ ਵਿਆਪਦਾ ।
lakh brahamandd samaau na lahar viaapadaa |Millions of universes subsume in Him but He is uninfluenced by any of them.
ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ਚਾਉ ਲਖ ਪਰਤਾਪਦਾ ।
kar kar vekhai chaau lakh parataapadaa |He sees His own activities with great enthusiasm and makes many a man glorious
ਕਉਣੁ ਕਰੈ ਅਰਥਾਉ ਵਰ ਨ ਸਰਾਪ ਦਾ ।
kaun karai arathaau var na saraap daa |Who can decode the mystery and meaning of the principle of His boons and curses?
ਲਹੈ ਨ ਪਛੋਤਾਉ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਨ ਪਾਪ ਦਾ ।੧੮।
lahai na pachhotaau pun na paap daa |18|He accepts not only the (mental) repentance of sins and virtues (and accepts the good deeds).
ਪਉੜੀ ੧੯
paurree 19
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਅਗਮੁ ਅਥਾਹੁ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ।
kudarat agam athaahu ant na paaeeai |Creation, the power of the Lord is unrpproachable and unfathomable.
ਕਾਦਰੁ ਬੇਪਰਵਾਹੁ ਕਿਨ ਪਰਚਾਈਐ ।
kaadar beparavaahu kin parachaaeeai |Nobody can know its extent. That creator is without any anxiety;how could He be persuaded and amused.
ਕੇਵਡੁ ਹੈ ਦਰਗਾਹ ਆਖਿ ਸੁਣਾਈਐ ।
kevadd hai daragaah aakh sunaaeeai |How the majesty of His court could be described.
ਕੋਇ ਨ ਦਸੈ ਰਾਹੁ ਕਿਤੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਜਾਈਐ ।
koe na dasai raahu kit bidh jaaeeai |None is there to tell the way and means leading to Him.
ਕੇਵਡੁ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਲਾਹ ਕਿਉ ਕਰਿ ਧਿਆਈਐ ।
kevadd sifat salaah kiau kar dhiaaeeai |This is also incomprehensible that how infinite are his eulogies and how should He be concentrated upon.
ਅਬਿਗਤਿ ਗਤਿ ਅਸਗਾਹੁ ਨ ਅਲਖੁ ਲਖਾਈਐ ।੧੯।
abigat gat asagaahu na alakh lakhaaeeai |19|The dynamics of the Lord is unmanifest, deep and unfathomable; it cannot be known.
ਪਉੜੀ ੨੦
paurree 20
ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਪਰਮਾਦਿ ਅਚਰਜੁ ਆਖੀਐ ।
aad purakh paramaad acharaj aakheeai |The primeval Lord is said to be the supreme wonder.
ਆਦਿ ਅਨੀਲੁ ਅਨਾਦਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਸਾਖੀਐ ।
aad aneel anaad sabad na saakheeai |The words also fail to tell about the beginning of that beginningless.
ਵਰਤੈ ਆਦਿ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਨ ਗਲੀ ਗਾਖੀਐ ।
varatai aad jugaad na galee gaakheeai |He operates in the time and even before the time primordial and mere discussions cannot explain Him.
ਭਗਤਿ ਵਛਲੁ ਅਛਲਾਦਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਖੀਐ ।
bhagat vachhal achhalaad sahaj subhaakheeai |He, the protector and lover of the devotees is undeceivable known by the name of the equipoise.
ਉਨਮਨਿ ਅਨਹਦਿ ਨਾਦਿ ਲਿਵ ਅਭਿਲਾਖੀਐ ।
aunaman anahad naad liv abhilaakheeai |The desire of the consciousness is to remain merged in His unstruck melody heard in the trance.
ਵਿਸਮਾਦੈ ਵਿਸਮਾਦ ਪੂਰਨ ਪਾਖੀਐ ।
visamaadai visamaad pooran paakheeai |He, being full of all dimensions, is the wonder of the wonders.
ਪੂਰੈ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਕੇਵਲ ਕਾਖੀਐ ।੨੦।੨੧। ਇਕੀਹ ।
poorai gur parasaad keval kaakheeai |20|21| ikeeh |Now the only desire remains that the grace of the perfect Guru be with me (so that I may realise the Lord).