Remembering Him, remembering Him in meditation, O Nanak, one is blessed with ecstasy. ||8||9||

Shalok:

Many people praise the Lord. He has no end or limitation.

O Nanak, God created the creation, with its many ways and various species. ||1||

ASHTAPADEE:

Many millions are His devotees.

Many millions perform religious rituals and worldly duties.

Many millions become dwellers at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

Many millions wander as renunciates in the wilderness.

Many millions listen to the Vedas.

Many millions become austere penitents.

Many millions enshrine meditation within their souls.

Many millions of poets contemplate Him through poetry.

Many millions meditate on His eternally new Naam.

O Nanak, none can find the limits of the Creator. ||1||

Many millions become self-centered.

Many millions are blinded by ignorance.

Many millions are stone-hearted misers.

Many millions are heartless, with dry, withered souls.

Many millions steal the wealth of others.

Many millions slander others.

Many millions struggle in Maya.

Many millions wander in foreign lands.

Whatever God attaches them to - with that they are engaged.

O Nanak, the Creator alone knows the workings of His creation. ||2||

Many millions are Siddhas, celibates and Yogis.

Many millions are kings, enjoying worldly pleasures.

Many millions of birds and snakes have been created.

Many millions of stones and trees have been produced.

Many millions are the winds, waters and fires.

Many millions are the countries and realms of the world.

Many millions are the moons, suns and stars.

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Many millions are the demi-gods, demons and Indras, under their regal canopies.

He has strung the entire creation upon His thread.

O Nanak, He emancipates those with whom He is pleased. ||3||

Many millions abide in heated activity, slothful darkness and peaceful light.

Many millions are the Vedas, Puraanas, Simritees and Shaastras.

Many millions are the pearls of the oceans.

Many millions are the beings of so many descriptions.

Many millions are made long-lived.

Many millions of hills and mountains have been made of gold.

Many millions are the Yakhshas - the servants of the god of wealth, the Kinnars - the gods of celestial music, and the evil spirits of the Pisaach.

Many millions are the evil nature-spirits, ghosts, pigs and tigers.

He is near to all, and yet far from all;

O Nanak, He Himself remains distinct, while yet pervading all. ||4||

Many millions inhabit the nether regions.

Many millions dwell in heaven and hell.

Many millions are born, live and die.

Many millions are reincarnated, over and over again.