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Ang 1283Raag MalaarGuru Guru Nanak

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਖੰਡ ਪਤਾਲ ਅਸੰਖ ਮੈ ਗਣਤ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥

khandd pataal asankh mai ganat na hoee |

There are countless worlds and nether regions; I cannot calculate their number.

ਤੂ ਕਰਤਾ ਗੋਵਿੰਦੁ ਤੁਧੁ ਸਿਰਜੀ ਤੁਧੈ ਗੋਈ ॥

too karataa govind tudh sirajee tudhai goee |

You are the Creator, the Lord of the Universe; You create it, and You destroy it.

ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਮੇਦਨੀ ਤੁਝ ਹੀ ਤੇ ਹੋਈ ॥

lakh chauraaseeh medanee tujh hee te hoee |

The 8.4 million species of beings issued forth from You.

ਇਕਿ ਰਾਜੇ ਖਾਨ ਮਲੂਕ ਕਹਹਿ ਕਹਾਵਹਿ ਕੋਈ ॥

eik raaje khaan malook kaheh kahaaveh koee |

Some are called kings, emperors and nobles.

ਇਕਿ ਸਾਹ ਸਦਾਵਹਿ ਸੰਚਿ ਧਨੁ ਦੂਜੈ ਪਤਿ ਖੋਈ ॥

eik saah sadaaveh sanch dhan doojai pat khoee |

Some claim to be bankers and accumulate wealth, but in duality they lose their honor.

ਇਕਿ ਦਾਤੇ ਇਕ ਮੰਗਤੇ ਸਭਨਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਸੋਈ ॥

eik daate ik mangate sabhanaa sir soee |

Some are givers, and some are beggars; God is above the heads of all.

ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਬਾਜਾਰੀਆ ਭੀਹਾਵਲਿ ਹੋਈ ॥

vin naavai baajaareea bheehaaval hoee |

Without the Name, they are vulgar, dreadful and wretched.

ਕੂੜ ਨਿਖੁਟੇ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਚੁ ਕਰੇ ਸੁ ਹੋਈ ॥੧੨॥

koorr nikhutte naanakaa sach kare su hoee |12|

Falsehood shall not last, O Nanak; whatever the True Lord does, comes to pass. ||12||