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paurree 11

ਇਕ ਕਵਾਉ ਪਸਾਉ ਕਰਿ ਓਅੰਕਾਰੁ ਸੁਣਾਇਆ ।

eik kavaau pasaau kar oankaar sunaaeaa |

From one resonance the Oankar-Braham created the whole universe.

ਓਅੰਕਾਰਿ ਅਕਾਰ ਲਖ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੰਡ ਬਣਾਇਆ ।

oankaar akaar lakh brahamandd banaaeaa |

The very Oankar assumed the form of millions of universes.

ਪੰਜਿ ਤਤੁ ਉਤਪਤਿ ਲਖ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਲੋਅ ਸੁਹਾਇਆ ।

panj tat utapat lakh trai loa suhaaeaa |

Five elements were created, myriads of productions were made and all the three worlds were adorned.

ਜਲਿ ਥਲਿ ਗਿਰਿ ਤਰਵਰ ਸਫਲ ਦਰੀਆਵ ਚਲਾਇਆ ।

jal thal gir taravar safal dareeaav chalaaeaa |

He created water, earth, mountains, trees and made the holy rivers flow.

ਲਖ ਦਰੀਆਉ ਸਮਾਉ ਕਰਿ ਤਿਲ ਤੁਲ ਨ ਤੁਲਾਇਆ ।

lakh dareeaau samaau kar til tul na tulaaeaa |

He created great oceans that subsume in them myriads of rivers.

ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਇਕ ਅਤੋਲਵੀ ਲੇਖਾ ਨ ਲਿਖਾਇਆ ।

kudarat ik atolavee lekhaa na likhaaeaa |

A fraction of their grandeur cannot be explained. Only nature is infinite whose expanse cannot be counted.

ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕੀਮ ਨ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਕਾਦਰੁ ਕਿਨਿ ਪਾਇਆ ।੧੧।

kudarat keem na jaaneeai kaadar kin paaeaa |11|

When nature is unknowable how could its creator be known?