ਪਉੜੀ ੧੭

paurree 17

ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਮਾਇਆ ਖੇਲੁ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਖਾਲਿਆ ।

trai gun maaeaa khel kar dekhaaliaa |

The Lord has produced this world as the play of the three dimensional maya.

ਖਾਣੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਚਾਰਿ ਚਲਤੁ ਉਠਾਲਿਆ ।

khaanee baanee chaar chalat utthaaliaa |

He has accomplished the feat of (the creation of) four life mines (egg, foetus, sweat, vegetation) and four speeches (pars, pasyanti, madhyama and vaikhar).

ਪੰਜਿ ਤਤ ਉਤਪਤਿ ਬੰਧਿ ਬਹਾਲਿਆ ।

panj tat utapat bandh bahaaliaa |

Creating from the five elements he bound them all in a divine law.

ਛਿਅ ਰੁਤਿ ਬਾਰਹ ਮਾਹ ਸਿਰਜਿ ਸਮ੍ਹਾਲਿਆ ।

chhia rut baarah maah siraj samhaaliaa |

He created and sustained the six seasons and the twelve months.

ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਸੂਰਜ ਚੰਦੁ ਦੀਵੇ ਬਾਲਿਆ ।

ahinis sooraj chand deeve baaliaa |

For day and night He lit the sun and the moon as lamps.

ਇਕੁ ਕਵਾਉ ਪਸਾਉ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲਿਆ ।੧੭।

eik kavaau pasaau nadar nihaaliaa |17|

With one vibrational throb he expanded the whole creation and delighted it through his graceful glance.