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Ang 1Vaar 19Bhai Gurdas

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Oankar, the primal energy, realized through the grace of divine preceptor

ਪਉੜੀ ੧

paurree 1

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਏਕੰਕਾਰ ਆਪਿ ਉਪਾਇਆ ।

guramukh ekankaar aap upaaeaa |

Ekankar, the Lors second to none, created gurmukh (to liberate the world).

ਓਅੰਕਾਰਿ ਅਕਾਰੁ ਪਰਗਟੀ ਆਇਆ ।

oankaar akaar paragattee aaeaa |

That Oankar assuming forms has become manifest.

ਪੰਚ ਤਤ ਵਿਸਤਾਰੁ ਚਲਤੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ।

panch tat visataar chalat rachaaeaa |

By extension (and combination) of the five elements this world has been created.

ਖਾਣੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਚਾਰਿ ਜਗਤੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ।

khaanee baanee chaar jagat upaaeaa |

The four mines of life and four speeches ( para, pasyanti, madhyama, vaikhari) have been generated.

ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰੁ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ।

kudarat agam apaar ant na paaeaa |

His feats of amusements are inaccessible and limitless; their extremes are unattainable.

ਸਚੁ ਨਾਉ ਕਰਤਾਰ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ।੧।

sach naau karataar sach samaaeaa |1|

The name of that creator is Truth and He is ever immersed in Truth.