The recording angels, who know how to write, and on whose record Dharmrāj judgeth, sing Thee.

Ishar, 3 Brahma, and Devi, 4 over beautiful and adored by Thee, sing Thee.

Indar, seated on his throne with the gods at Thy gate, sing Thee.

Sidhs 5 in meditation sing Thee; holy men in contemplation sing Thee.

The continent, the true, and the patient sing Thee; unyielding heroes sing Thee.

The Pandits and the supreme Rikhis, 6 reading their Veds, sing Thee in every age.

The lovely celestial maids who beguile the heart in the upper, middle, and nether regions sing Thee.

The jewels created by Thee with the sixty-eight places of Hindu pilgrimage sing Thee.

Mighty warriors and divine heroes sing Thee; the four sources of life sing Thee.

The continents, the worlds, and the universe made and supported by Thy hands sing Thee.

The saints who please Thee, and who are imbued with Thy love sing Thee.

The many others who sing Thee I cannot remember; how could Nānak recount them?

That God is ever true, He is the true Lord, and the true Name.

He who made this world is and shall be; He shall neither depart, nor be made to depart.

He who created things of different colours, descriptions, and species,

Beholdeth His handiwork which attesteth His greatness,

He will do what pleaseth Himself; no order may be issued to Him.

He is King, the King of kings, O Nānak; all remain subject to his will.

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XXIX

Make divine knowledge thy food, compassion thy store-keeper, and the voice which is in every heart the pipe to call to repast.

Make Him who hath strung the whole world on His string thy spiritual Lord; let wealth and supernatural power be relishes for others.

Union and separation is the law which regulateth the world. By destiny we receive our portion.

Hail! Hail to Him,

The primal, the pure, without beginning, the indestructible, the same in every age!

XXX

One Māya in union with God gave birth to three acceptable children.

One of them is the creator, the second the provider, the third performeth the function of destroyer. 1

As it pleaseth God, He directeth them by His orders.

He beholdeth them, but is not seen by them. This is very marvellous.

Hail! Hail to Him,

The primal, the pure, without beginning, the indestructible, the same in every age!

XXXI

His seat and His storehouses are in every world.

What was to be put into them was put in at one time.

The Creator beholdeth His creation.

Nānak, true is the work of the True One.

Hail! Hail to Him,

The primal, the pure, without beginning, the indestructible, the same in every age!

XXXII

Were one tongue to become a hundred thousand, and a hundred thousand to become twentyfold more,