ਅਸਟਪਦੀ ॥

asattapadee |

Ashtapadee:

ਆਪਿ ਕਥੈ ਆਪਿ ਸੁਨਨੈਹਾਰੁ ॥

aap kathai aap sunanaihaar |

He Himself is the speaker, and He Himself is the listener.

ਆਪਹਿ ਏਕੁ ਆਪਿ ਬਿਸਥਾਰੁ ॥

aapeh ek aap bisathaar |

He Himself is the One, and He Himself is the many.

ਜਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਉਪਾਏ ॥

jaa tis bhaavai taa srisatt upaae |

When it pleases Him, He creates the world.

ਆਪਨੈ ਭਾਣੈ ਲਏ ਸਮਾਏ ॥

aapanai bhaanai le samaae |

As He pleases, He absorbs it back into Himself.

ਤੁਮ ਤੇ ਭਿੰਨ ਨਹੀ ਕਿਛੁ ਹੋਇ ॥

tum te bhin nahee kichh hoe |

Without You, nothing can be done.

ਆਪਨ ਸੂਤਿ ਸਭੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਪਰੋਇ ॥

aapan soot sabh jagat paroe |

Upon Your thread, You have strung the whole world.

ਜਾ ਕਉ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਜੀਉ ਆਪਿ ਬੁਝਾਏ ॥

jaa kau prabh jeeo aap bujhaae |

One whom God Himself inspires to understand

ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੋਈ ਜਨੁ ਪਾਏ ॥

sach naam soee jan paae |

- that person obtains the True Name.

ਸੋ ਸਮਦਰਸੀ ਤਤ ਕਾ ਬੇਤਾ ॥

so samadarasee tat kaa betaa |

He looks impartially upon all, and he knows the essential reality.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਗਲ ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਕਾ ਜੇਤਾ ॥੧॥

naanak sagal srisatt kaa jetaa |1|

O Nanak, he conquers the whole world. ||1||