ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਛਤੀਹ ਜੁਗ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ਸਾ ਆਪੇ ਗਣਤ ਕੀਨੀ ॥

chhateeh jug gubaar saa aape ganat keenee |

For thirty-six ages, there was utter darkness. Then, the Lord revealed Himself.

ਆਪੇ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਸਭ ਸਾਜੀਅਨੁ ਆਪਿ ਮਤਿ ਦੀਨੀ ॥

aape srisatt sabh saajeean aap mat deenee |

He Himself created the entire universe. He Himself blessed it with understanding.

ਸਿਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸਾਸਤ ਸਾਜਿਅਨੁ ਪਾਪ ਪੁੰਨ ਗਣਤ ਗਣੀਨੀ ॥

simrit saasat saajian paap pun ganat ganeenee |

He created the Simritees and the Shaastras; He calculates the accounts of virtue and vice.

ਜਿਸੁ ਬੁਝਾਏ ਸੋ ਬੁਝਸੀ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਪਤੀਨੀ ॥

jis bujhaae so bujhasee sachai sabad pateenee |

He alone understands, whom the Lord inspires to understand and to be pleased with the True Word of the Shabad.

ਸਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਆਪੇ ਬਖਸਿ ਮਿਲਾਈ ॥੭॥

sabh aape aap varatadaa aape bakhas milaaee |7|

He Himself is all-pervading; He Himself forgives, and unites with Himself. ||7||