ਪਉੜੀ ੧੮

paurree 18

ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਪੂਰਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰਿ ਆਕਾਰੁ ਬਣਾਇਆ ।

paarabraham pooran braham nirankaar aakaar banaaeaa |

The transecental Brahm is the perfect Brahm and that very formless (Lord) has created all the forms of universe.

ਅਬਿਗਤਿ ਗਤਿ ਆਗਾਧਿ ਬੋਧ ਗੁਰ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਅਲਖੁ ਲਖਾਇਆ ।

abigat gat aagaadh bodh gur moorat hoe alakh lakhaaeaa |

He is ummanifest, unfathomable and imperceptible for intellect, but Guru, the icon of beauty, has made me behold the Lord.

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਚਖੰਡ ਵਿਚਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਵਛਲ ਹੋਇ ਅਛਲ ਛਲਾਇਆ ।

saadhasangat sachakhandd vich bhagat vachhal hoe achhal chhalaaeaa |

In holy congregation, the abode of the truth, He emerges as tender towards devotees and deludes even those who never get deluded.

ਚਾਰਿ ਵਰਨ ਇਕ ਵਰਨ ਹੁਇ ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖ ਆਦੇਸੁ ਕਰਾਇਆ ।

chaar varan ik varan hue aad purakh aades karaaeaa |

The Guru alone unites all the four varnas to make them one and further makes them bow before the Lord.

ਧਿਆਨ ਮੂਲੁ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਛਿਅ ਦਰਸਨ ਦਰਸਨ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਇਆ ।

dhiaan mool darasan guroo chhia darasan darasan vich aaeaa |

At the base of all ascetic disciplines is the philosophy of the Guru in which all the six philosophies (of Indian tradition) get subsumed.

ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਨ ਆਪੁ ਜਣਾਇਆ ।੧੮।

aape aap na aap janaaeaa |18|

He himself is everything but never makes Himself noticed by anyone.