ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

raamakalee mahalaa 5 |

Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:

ਮਹਿਮਾ ਨ ਜਾਨਹਿ ਬੇਦ ॥

mahimaa na jaaneh bed |

The Vedas do not know His greatness.

ਬ੍ਰਹਮੇ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਨਹਿ ਭੇਦ ॥

brahame nahee jaaneh bhed |

Brahma does not know His mystery.

ਅਵਤਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਨਹਿ ਅੰਤੁ ॥

avataar na jaaneh ant |

Incarnated beings do not know His limit.

ਪਰਮੇਸਰੁ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਬੇਅੰਤੁ ॥੧॥

paramesar paarabraham beant |1|

The Transcendent Lord, the Supreme Lord God, is infinite. ||1||

ਅਪਨੀ ਗਤਿ ਆਪਿ ਜਾਨੈ ॥

apanee gat aap jaanai |

Only He Himself knows His own state.

ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਅਵਰ ਵਖਾਨੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sun sun avar vakhaanai |1| rahaau |

Others speak of Him only by hearsay. ||1||Pause||

ਸੰਕਰਾ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਨਹਿ ਭੇਵ ॥

sankaraa nahee jaaneh bhev |

Shiva does not know His mystery.

ਖੋਜਤ ਹਾਰੇ ਦੇਵ ॥

khojat haare dev |

The gods gave grown weary of searching for Him.

ਦੇਵੀਆ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਨੈ ਮਰਮ ॥

deveea nahee jaanai maram |

The goddesses do not know His mystery.

ਸਭ ਊਪਰਿ ਅਲਖ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ॥੨॥

sabh aoopar alakh paarabraham |2|

Above all is the unseen, Supreme Lord God. ||2||

ਅਪਨੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਕਰਤਾ ਕੇਲ ॥

apanai rang karataa kel |

The Creator Lord plays His own plays.

ਆਪਿ ਬਿਛੋਰੈ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲ ॥

aap bichhorai aape mel |

He Himself separates, and He Himself unites.

ਇਕਿ ਭਰਮੇ ਇਕਿ ਭਗਤੀ ਲਾਏ ॥

eik bharame ik bhagatee laae |

Some wander around, while others are linked to His devotional worship.

ਅਪਣਾ ਕੀਆ ਆਪਿ ਜਣਾਏ ॥੩॥

apanaa keea aap janaae |3|

By His actions, He makes Himself known. ||3||

ਸੰਤਨ ਕੀ ਸੁਣਿ ਸਾਚੀ ਸਾਖੀ ॥

santan kee sun saachee saakhee |

Listen to the true story of the Saints.

ਸੋ ਬੋਲਹਿ ਜੋ ਪੇਖਹਿ ਆਖੀ ॥

so boleh jo pekheh aakhee |

They speak only of what they see with their eyes.

ਨਹੀ ਲੇਪੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਪੁੰਨਿ ਨ ਪਾਪਿ ॥

nahee lep tis pun na paap |

He is not involved with virtue or vice.

ਨਾਨਕ ਕਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ॥੪॥੨੫॥੩੬॥

naanak kaa prabh aape aap |4|25|36|

Nanak's God is Himself all-in-all. ||4||25||36||