ਆਪ ਹੀ ਧਾਰਨ ਧਾਰੇ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਹੈ ਦੇਖਾਰੇ ਬਰਨੁ ਚਿਹਨੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਮੁਖ ਨ ਮਸਾਰੇ ॥
aap hee dhaaran dhaare kudharat hai dhekhaare baran chihan naahee mukh na masaare ||
He Himself supports the Universe, revealing His All-powerful Creative Potency. He has no color, form, mouth or beard.
ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਭਗਤੁ ਦਰਿ ਤੁਲਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਏਕ ਜੀਹ ਕਿਆ ਬਖਾਨੈ ॥
jan naanak bhagat dhar tul braham samasar ek jeeh kiaa bakhaanai ||
Your devotees are at Your Door, O God - they are just like You. How can servant Nanak describe them with only one tongue?
ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰਿ ॥੩॥
haa(n) k bal bal bal bal sadh balihaar ||3||
I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, forever a sacrifice to them. ||3||
ਸਰਬ ਗੁਣ ਨਿਧਾਨੰ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਨ ਗੵਾਨੰ ਧੵਾਨੰ ਊਚੇ ਤੇ ਊਚੌ ਜਾਨੀਜੈ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੇਰੋ ਥਾਨੰ ॥
sarab gun nidhaana(n) keemat na gayeaana(n) dhayeaana(n) uooche te uoochau jaaneejai prabh tero thaana(n) ||
You are the Treasure of all virtue; who can know the value of Your spiritual wisdom and meditation? O God, Your Place is known as the highest of the high.
ਮਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਤੇਰੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੰ ਏਕੈ ਸੂਤਿ ਹੈ ਜਹਾਨੰ ਕਵਨ ਉਪਮਾ ਦੇਉ ਬਡੇ ਤੇ ਬਡਾਨੰ ॥
man dhan tero praana(n) ekai soot hai jahaana(n) kavan upamaa dheau badde te baddaana(n) ||
Mind, wealth and the breath of life belong to You alone, Lord. The world is strung upon Your Thread. What praises can I give to You? You are the Greatest of the great.
ਜਾਨੈ ਕਉਨੁ ਤੇਰੋ ਭੇਉ ਅਲਖ ਅਪਾਰ ਦੇਉ ਅਕਲ ਕਲਾ ਹੈ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਰਬ ਕੋ ਧਾਨੰ ॥
jaanai kaun tero bheau alakh apaar dheau akal kalaa hai prabh sarab ko dhaana(n) ||
Who can know Your Mystery? O Unfathomable, Infinite, Divine Lord, Your Power is unstoppable. O God, You are the Support of all.
ਜਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਭਗਤੁ ਦਰਿ ਤੁਲਿ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਏਕ ਜੀਹ ਕਿਆ ਬਖਾਨੈ ॥
jan naanak bhagat dhar tul braham samasar ek jeeh kiaa bakhaanai ||
Your devotees are at Your Door, O God - they are just like You. How can servant Nanak describe them with only one tongue?
ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਬਲਿ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰਿ ॥੪॥
haa(n) k bal bal bal bal sadh balihaar ||4||
I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, a sacrifice, forever a sacrifice to them. ||4||
ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੁ ਆਕਾਰ ਅਛਲ ਪੂਰਨ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ॥
nira(n)kaar aakaar achhal pooran abinaasee ||
O Formless, Formed, Undeceivable, Perfect, Imperishable,
ਹਰਖਵੰਤ ਆਨੰਤ ਰੂਪ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਬਿਗਾਸੀ ॥
harakhava(n)t aana(n)t roop niramal bigaasee ||
Blissful, Unlimited, Beautiful, Immaculate, Blossoming Lord:
ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਬੇਅੰਤ ਅੰਤੁ ਇਕੁ ਤਿਲੁ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਸੀ ॥
gun gaaveh bea(n)t a(n)t ik til nahee paasee ||
Countless are those who sing Your Glorious Praises, but they do not know even a tiny bit of Your extent.
ਜਾ ਕਉ ਹੋਂਹਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ਸੁ ਜਨੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੁਮਹਿ ਮਿਲਾਸੀ ॥
jaa kau ho(n)h kirapaal su jan prabh tumeh milaasee ||
That humble being upon whom You shower Your Mercy meets with You, O God.
ਧੰਨਿ ਧੰਨਿ ਤੇ ਧੰਨਿ ਜਨ ਜਿਹ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਭਯਉ ॥
dha(n)n dha(n)n te dha(n)n jan jeh kirapaal har har bhayau ||
Blessed, blessed, blessed are those humble beings, upon whom the Lord, Har, Har, showers His Mercy.
ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਿਨ ਪਰਸਿਅਉ ਸਿ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਦੁਹ ਥੇ ਰਹਿਓ ॥੫॥
har gur naanak jin parasiaau s janam maran dhuh the rahio ||5||
Whoever meets with the Lord through Guru Nanak is rid of both birth and death. ||5||
ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਸਤੇ ਸਤਿ ਭਣੀਐ ॥
sat sat har sat sat sate sat bhaneeaai ||
The Lord is said to be True, True, True, True, the Truest of the True.
ਦੂਸਰ ਆਨ ਨ ਅਵਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਪਊਰਾਤਨੁ ਸੁਣੀਐ ॥
dhoosar aan na avar purakh puooraatan suneeaai ||
There is no other like Him. He is the Primal Being, the Primal Soul.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਹਰਿ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਲੈਤ ਮਨਿ ਸਭ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਏ ॥
a(n)mrit har ko naam lait man sabh sukh paae ||
Chanting the Ambrosial Name of the Lord, the mortal is blessed with all comforts.
ਜੇਹ ਰਸਨ ਚਾਖਿਓ ਤੇਹ ਜਨ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਿ ਅਘਾਏ ॥
jeh rasan chaakhio teh jan tirapat aghaae ||
Those who taste it with their tongues, those humble beings are satisfied and fulfilled.
ਜਿਹ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਸੁਪ੍ਰਸੰਨੁ ਭਯੋੁ ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਤਿਹ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
jeh Thaakur suprasa(n)n bhayuo satasa(n)gat teh piaar ||
That person who becomes pleasing to his Lord and Master, loves the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.
ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਿਨੑ ਪਰਸਿਓ ਤਿਨੑ ਸਭ ਕੁਲ ਕੀਓ ਉਧਾਰੁ ॥੬॥
har gur naanak jin(h) parasio tin(h) sabh kul keeo udhaar ||6||
Whoever meets with the Lord through Guru Nanak, saves all his generations. ||6||
ਸਚੁ ਸਭਾ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਚੇ ਪਹਿ ਧਰਿਓ ॥
sach sabhaa dheebaan sach sache peh dhario ||
True is His Congregation and His Court. The True Lord has established Truth.
ਸਚੈ ਤਖਤਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ਸਚੁ ਤਪਾਵਸੁ ਕਰਿਓ ॥
sachai takhat nivaas sach tapaavas kario ||
Sitting upon His Throne of Truth, He administers True Justice.
ਸਚਿ ਸਿਰਜੵਿਉ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਆਪਿ ਆਭੁਲੁ ਨ ਭੁਲਉ ॥
sach sirajiyeau sa(n)saar aap aabhul na bhulau ||
The True Lord Himself fashioned the Universe. He is Infallible, and does not make mistakes.
ਰਤਨ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਪਾਰੁ ਕੀਮ ਨਹੁ ਪਵੈ ਅਮੁਲਉ ॥
ratan naam apaar keem nahu pavai amulau ||
The Naam, the Name of the Infinite Lord, is the jewel. Its value cannot be appraised - it is priceless.
ਜਿਹ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਹੋਯਉ ਗੋੁਬਿੰਦੁ ਸਰਬ ਸੁਖ ਤਿਨਹੂ ਪਾਏ ॥
jeh kirapaal hoyau guobi(n)dh sarab sukh tinahoo paae ||
That person, upon whom the Lord of the Universe showers His Mercy obtains all comforts.
ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਿਨੑ ਪਰਸਿਓ ਤੇ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜੋਨਿ ਨ ਆਏ ॥੭॥
har gur naanak jin(h) parasio te bahuR fir jon na aae ||7||
Those who touch the Feet of the Lord through Guru Nanak, do not have to enter the cycle of reincarnation ever again. ||7||
ਕਵਨੁ ਜੋਗੁ ਕਉਨੁ ਗੵਾਨੁ ਧੵਾਨੁ ਕਵਨ ਬਿਧਿ ਉਸ੍ਤਤਿ ਕਰੀਐ ॥
kavan jog kaun gayeaan dhayeaan kavan bidh ustat kareeaai ||
What is the Yoga, what is the spiritual wisdom and meditation, and what is the way, to praise the Lord?
ਸਿਧ ਸਾਧਿਕ ਤੇਤੀਸ ਕੋਰਿ ਤਿਰੁ ਕੀਮ ਨ ਪਰੀਐ ॥
sidh saadhik tetees kor tir keem na pareeaai ||
The Siddhas and seekers and the three hundred thirty million gods cannot find even a tiny bit of the Lord's Value.
ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾਦਿਕ ਸਨਕਾਦਿ ਸੇਖ ਗੁਣ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਏ ॥
brahamaadhik sanakaadh sekh gun a(n)t na paae ||
Neither Brahma, nor Sanak, nor the thousand-headed serpent king can find the limits of His Glorious Virtues.
ਅਗਹੁ ਗਹਿਓ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਇ ਪੂਰਿ ਸ੍ਰਬ ਰਹਿਓ ਸਮਾਏ ॥
agahu gahio nahee jai poor srab rahio samaae ||
The Inapprehensible Lord cannot be apprehended. He is pervading and permeating amongst all.
ਜਿਹ ਕਾਟੀ ਸਿਲਕ ਦਯਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਸੇਇ ਜਨ ਲਗੇ ਭਗਤੇ ॥
jeh kaaTee silak dhayaal prabh sei jan lage bhagate ||
Those whom God has mercifully freed from their nooses - those humble beings are attached to His devotional worship.
ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਿਨੑ ਪਰਸਿਓ ਤੇ ਇਤ ਉਤ ਸਦਾ ਮੁਕਤੇ ॥੮॥
har gur naanak jin(h) parasio te it ut sadhaa mukate ||8||
Those who meet with the Lord through Guru Nanak are liberated forever, here and hereafter. ||8||
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਦਾਤਉ ਦਾਤਾਰ ਪਰੵਿਉ ਜਾਚਕੁ ਇਕੁ ਸਰਨਾ ॥
prabh dhaatau dhaataar pariyeau jaachak ik saranaa ||
I am a beggar; I seek the Sanctuary of God, the Giver of givers.
ਮਿਲੈ ਦਾਨੁ ਸੰਤ ਰੇਨ ਜੇਹ ਲਗਿ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਤਰਨਾ ॥
milai dhaan sa(n)t ren jeh lag bhaujal taranaa ||
Please bless me with the gift of the dust of the feet of the Saints; grasping them, I cross over the terrifying world-ocean.
ਬਿਨਤਿ ਕਰਉ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਜੇ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਭਾਵੈ ॥
binat karau aradhaas sunahu je Thaakur bhaavai ||
Please listen to my prayer, if it pleases You, O my Lord and Master.