Having created the creation, He watches over it; He issues His Commands, and emancipates those, upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace. ||17||

Nanna: One whose heart is filled with the Lord, sings His Glorious Praises.

One whom the Creator Lord unites with Himself, is not consigned to reincarnation. ||18||

Tatta: The terrible world-ocean is so very deep; its limits cannot be found.

I do not have a boat, or even a raft; I am drowning - save me, O Savior King! ||19||

T'hat'ha: In all places and interspaces, He is; everything which exists, is by His doing.

What is doubt? What is called Maya? Whatever pleases Him is good. ||20||

Dadda: Do not blame anyone else; blame instead your own actions.

Whatever I did, for that I have suffered; I do not blame anyone else. ||21||

Dhadha: His power established and upholds the earth; the Lord has imparted His color to everything.

His gifts are received by everyone; all act according to His Command. ||22||

Nanna: The Husband Lord enjoys eternal pleasures, but He is not seen or understood.

I am called the happy soul-bride, O sister, but my Husband Lord has never met me. ||23||

Pappa: The Supreme King, the Transcendent Lord, created the world, and watches over it.

He sees and understands, and knows everything; inwardly and outwardly, he is fully pervading. ||24||

Faffa: The whole world is caught in the noose of Death, and all are bound by its chains.

By Guru's Grace, they alone are saved, who hurry to enter the Lord's Sanctuary. ||25||

Babba: He set out to play the game, on the chess-board of the four ages.

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He made all beings and creatures his chessmen, and He Himself threw the dice. ||26||

Bhabha: Those who search, find the fruits of their rewards; by Guru's Grace, they live in the Fear of God.

The self-willed manmukhs wander around, and they do not remember the Lord; the fools are consigned to the cycle of 8.4 million incarnations. ||27||

Mamma: In emotional attachment, he dies; he only thinks of the Lord, the Love of Nectar, when he dies.

As long as the body is alive, he reads other things, and forgets the letter 'm', which stands for marnaa - death. ||28||

Yaya: He is never reincarnated again, if he recognizes the True Lord.

The Gurmukh speaks, the Gurmukh understands, and the Gurmukh knows only the One Lord. ||29||

Rarra: The Lord is contained among all; He created all beings.

Having created His beings, He has put them all to work; they alone remember the Naam, upon whom He bestows His Grace. ||30||

Lalla: He has assigned people to their tasks, and made the love of Maya seem sweet to them.

We eat and drink; we should endure equally whatever occurs, by His Will, by His Command. ||31||