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Ang 1Vaar 18Bhai Gurdas

ਪਉੜੀ ੪

paurree 4

ਪੰਜਿ ਤਤੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ਕਰਿ ਖਾਣੀ ਚਾਰਿ ਜਗਤੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ।

panj tat paravaan kar khaanee chaar jagat upaaeaa |

Mixing the five elements from four (life) mines (egg, foetus, sweat, vegetation) the whole world was created.

ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਜੂਨਿ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਵਾਗਵਣ ਚਲਤੁ ਵਰਤਾਇਆ ।

lakh chauraaseeh joon vich aavaagavan chalat varataaeaa |

Creating the eighty-four lakhs speicies of life, the feat of transmigration has been accomplished in them.

ਇਕਸ ਇਕਸ ਜੂਨਿ ਵਿਚਿ ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਅਣਗਣਤ ਵਧਾਇਆ ।

eikas ikas joon vich jeea jant anaganat vadhaaeaa |

In each one of the species many a creature has been produced.

ਲੇਖੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਭ ਕੋ ਸਭਨਾ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਲੇਖੁ ਲਿਖਾਇਆ ।

lekhai andar sabh ko sabhanaa masatak lekh likhaaeaa |

All are responsible (for their actions) and carry writ of fate on their forehead.

ਲੇਖੈ ਸਾਸ ਗਿਰਾਸ ਦੇ ਲੇਖ ਲਿਖਾਰੀ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ।

lekhai saas giraas de lekh likhaaree ant na paaeaa |

Every breath and morsel is counted. Mystery of writs and that Writer could not be known by any one.

ਆਪਿ ਅਲੇਖੁ ਨ ਅਲਖੁ ਲਖਾਇਆ ।੪।

aap alekh na alakh lakhaaeaa |4|

Himself imperceptible, He is beyond all writs.