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¹One Universal Creator God. The Name Is Truth. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying, Beyond Birth, Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace ~

²Chant And Meditate:

³True In The Primal Beginning. True Throughout The Ages.

⁴True Here And Now. O Nanak, Forever And Ever True. ||1||

⁵By thinking, He cannot be reduced to thought, even by thinking hundreds of thousands of times.

⁶By remaining silent, inner silence is not obtained, even by remaining lovingly absorbed deep within.

⁷The hunger of the hungry is not appeased, even by piling up loads of worldly goods.

⁸Hundreds of thousands of clever tricks, but not even one of them will go along with you in the end.

⁹So how can you become truthful? And how can the veil of illusion be torn away?

¹⁰O Nanak, it is written that you shall obey the Hukam of His Command, and walk in the Way of His Will. ||1||

¹¹By His Command, bodies are created; His Command cannot be described.

¹²By His Command, souls come into being; by His Command, glory and greatness are obtained.

¹³By His Command, some are high and some are low; by His Written Command, pain and pleasure are obtained.

¹⁴Some, by His Command, are blessed and forgiven; others, by His Command, wander aimlessly forever.

¹⁵Everyone is subject to His Command; no one is beyond His Command.

¹⁶O Nanak, one who understands His Command, does not speak in ego. ||2||

¹⁷Some sing of His Power-who has that Power?

¹⁸Some sing of His Gifts, and know His Sign and Insignia.

¹⁹Some sing of His Glorious Virtues, Greatness and Beauty.

²⁰Some sing of knowledge obtained of Him, through difficult philosophical studies.

²¹Some sing that He fashions the body, and then again reduces it to dust.

²²Some sing that He takes life away, and then again restores it.

²³Some sing that He seems so very far away.

¹Some sing that He watches over us, face to face, ever-present.

²There is no shortage of those who preach and teach.

³Millions upon millions offer millions of sermons and stories.

⁴The Great Giver keeps on giving, while those who receive grow weary of receiving.

⁵Throughout the ages, consumers consume.

⁶The Commander, by His Command, leads us to walk on the Path.

⁷O Nanak, He blossoms forth, Carefree and Untroubled. ||3||

⁸True is the Master, True is His Name-speak it with infinite love.

⁹People beg and pray, "Give to us, give to us", and the Great Giver gives His Gifts.

¹⁰So what offering can we place before Him, by which we might see the Darbaar of His Court?

¹¹What words can we speak to evoke His Love?

¹²In the Amrit Vaylaa, the ambrosial hours before dawn, chant the True Name, and contemplate His Glorious Greatness.

¹³By the karma of past actions, the robe of this physical body is obtained. By His Grace, the Gate of Liberation is found.

¹⁴O Nanak, know this well: the True One Himself is All. ||4||

¹⁵He cannot be established, He cannot be created.

¹⁶He Himself is Immaculate and Pure.

¹⁷Those who serve Him are honored.

¹⁸O Nanak, sing of the Lord, the Treasure of Excellence.

¹⁹Sing, and listen, and let your mind be filled with love.

²⁰Your pain shall be sent far away, and peace shall come to your home.

²¹The Guru's Word is the Sound-current of the Naad; the Guru's Word is the Wisdom of the Vedas; the Guru's Word is all-pervading.

²²The Guru is Shiva, the Guru is Vishnu and Brahma; the Guru is Paarvati and Lakhshmi.

²³Even knowing God, I cannot describe Him; He cannot be described in words.

²⁴The Guru has given me this one understanding:

²⁵there is only the One, the Giver of all souls. May I never forget Him! ||5||

²⁶If I am pleasing to Him, then that is my pilgrimage and cleansing bath. Without pleasing Him, what good are ritual cleansings?

²⁷I gaze upon all the created beings: without the karma of good actions, what are they given to receive?

²⁸Within the mind are gems, jewels and rubies, if you listen to the Guru's Teachings, even once.

²⁹The Guru has given me this one understanding:

³⁰there is only the One, the Giver of all souls. May I never forget Him! ||6||

³¹Even if you could live throughout the four ages, or even ten times more,

³²and even if you were known throughout the nine continents and followed by all,

³³with a good name and reputation, with praise and fame throughout the world-

³⁴still, if the Lord does not bless you with His Glance of Grace, then who cares? What is the use?

³⁵Among worms, you would be considered a lowly worm, and even contemptible sinners would hold you in contempt.

³⁶O Nanak, God blesses the unworthy with virtue, and bestows virtue on the virtuous.

³⁷No one can even imagine anyone who can bestow virtue upon Him. ||7||

³⁸Listening-the Siddhas, the spiritual teachers, the heroic warriors, the yogic masters.

³⁹Listening-the earth, its support and the Akaashic ethers.

⁴⁰Listening-the oceans, the lands of the world and the nether regions of the underworld.

⁴¹Listening-Death cannot even touch you.

⁴²O Nanak, the devotees are forever in bliss.

⁴³Listening-pain and sin are erased. ||8||

⁴⁴Listening-Shiva, Brahma and Indra.

⁴⁵Listening-even foul-mouthed people praise Him.

⁴⁶Listening-the technology of Yoga and the secrets of the body.

⁴⁷Listening-the Shaastras, the Simritees and the Vedas.

⁴⁸O Nanak, the devotees are forever in bliss.

¹Listening-pain and sin are erased. ||9||

²Listening-truth, contentment and spiritual wisdom.

³Listening-take your cleansing bath at the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage.

⁴Listening-reading and reciting, honor is obtained.

⁵Listening-intuitively grasp the essence of meditation.

⁶O Nanak, the devotees are forever in bliss.

⁷Listening-pain and sin are erased. ||10||

⁸Listening-dive deep into the ocean of virtue.

⁹Listening-the Shaykhs, religious scholars, spiritual teachers and emperors.

¹⁰Listening-even the blind find the Path.

¹¹Listening-the Unreachable comes within your grasp.

¹²O Nanak, the devotees are forever in bliss.

¹³Listening-pain and sin are erased. ||11||

¹⁴The state of the faithful cannot be described.

¹⁵One who tries to describe this shall regret the attempt.

¹⁶No paper, no pen, no scribe

¹⁷can record the state of the faithful.

¹⁸Such is the Name of the Immaculate Lord.

¹⁹Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. ||12||

²⁰The faithful have intuitive awareness and intelligence.

²¹The faithful know about all worlds and realms.

²²The faithful shall never be struck across the face.

²³The faithful do not have to go with the Messenger of Death.

²⁴Such is the Name of the Immaculate Lord.

²⁵Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. ||13||

²⁶The path of the faithful shall never be blocked.

²⁷The faithful shall depart with honor and fame.

²⁸The faithful do not follow empty religious rituals.

²⁹The faithful are firmly bound to the Dharma.

³⁰Such is the Name of the Immaculate Lord.

³¹Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. ||14||

³²The faithful find the Door of Liberation.

³³The faithful uplift and redeem their family and relations.

³⁴The faithful are saved, and carried across with the Sikhs of the Guru.

³⁵The faithful, O Nanak, do not wander around begging.

³⁶Such is the Name of the Immaculate Lord.

³⁷Only one who has faith comes to know such a state of mind. ||15||

³⁸The chosen ones, the self-elect, are accepted and approved.

³⁹The chosen ones are honored in the Court of the Lord.

⁴⁰The chosen ones look beautiful in the courts of kings.

⁴¹The chosen ones meditate single-mindedly on the Guru.

⁴²No matter how much anyone tries to explain and describe them,

⁴³the actions of the Creator cannot be counted.

⁴⁴The mythical bull is Dharma, the son of compassion;

⁴⁵this is what patiently holds the earth in its place.

⁴⁶One who understands this becomes truthful.

⁴⁷What a great load there is on the bull!

⁴⁸So many worlds beyond this world-so very many!

⁴⁹What power holds them, and supports their weight?

⁵⁰The names and the colors of the assorted species of beings

⁵¹were all inscribed by the Ever-flowing Pen of God.

⁵²Who knows how to write this account?

⁵³Just imagine what a huge scroll it would take!

⁵⁴What power! What fascinating beauty!

⁵⁵And what gifts! Who can know their extent?

⁵⁶You created the vast expanse of the Universe with One Word!

⁵⁷Hundreds of thousands of rivers began to flow.

⁵⁸How can Your Creative Potency be described?

⁵⁹I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You.

⁶⁰Whatever pleases You is the only good done,

⁶¹You, Eternal and Formless One! ||16||

⁶²Countless meditations, countless loves.

⁶³Countless worship services, countless austere disciplines.

⁶⁴Countless scriptures, and ritual recitations of the Vedas.

⁶⁵Countless Yogis, whose minds remain detached from the world.

¹Countless devotees contemplate the Wisdom and Virtues of the Lord.

²Countless the holy, countless the givers.

³Countless heroic spiritual warriors, who bear the brunt of the attack in battle (who with their mouths eat steel).

⁴Countless silent sages, vibrating the String of His Love.

⁵How can Your Creative Potency be described?

⁶I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You.

⁷Whatever pleases You is the only good done,

⁸You, Eternal and Formless One. ||17||

⁹Countless fools, blinded by ignorance.

¹⁰Countless thieves and embezzlers.

¹¹Countless impose their will by force.

¹²Countless cut-throats and ruthless killers.

¹³Countless sinners who keep on sinning.

¹⁴Countless liars, wandering lost in their lies.

¹⁵Countless wretches, eating filth as their ration.

¹⁶Countless slanderers, carrying the weight of their stupid mistakes on their heads.

¹⁷Nanak describes the state of the lowly.

¹⁸I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You.

¹⁹Whatever pleases You is the only good done,

²⁰You, Eternal and Formless One. ||18||

²¹Countless names, countless places.

²²Inaccessible, unapproachable, countless celestial realms.

²³Even to call them countless is to carry the weight on your head.

²⁴From the Word, comes the Naam; from the Word, comes Your Praise.

²⁵From the Word, comes spiritual wisdom, singing the Songs of Your Glory.

²⁶From the Word, come the written and spoken words and hymns.

²⁷From the Word, comes destiny, written on one's forehead.

²⁸But the One who wrote these Words of Destiny-no words are written on His Forehead.

²⁹As He ordains, so do we receive.

³⁰The created universe is the manifestation of Your Name.

³¹Without Your Name, there is no place at all.

³²How can I describe Your Creative Power?

³³I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You.

³⁴Whatever pleases You is the only good done,

³⁵You, Eternal and Formless One. ||19||

³⁶When the hands and the feet and the body are dirty,

³⁷water can wash away the dirt.

³⁸When the clothes are soiled and stained by urine,

³⁹soap can wash them clean.

⁴⁰But when the intellect is stained and polluted by sin,

⁴¹it can only be cleansed by the Love of the Name.

⁴²Virtue and vice do not come by mere words;

⁴³actions repeated, over and over again, are engraved on the soul.

⁴⁴You shall harvest what you plant.

⁴⁵O Nanak, by the Hukam of God's Command, we come and go in reincarnation. ||20||

⁴⁶Pilgrimages, austere discipline, compassion and charity

⁴⁷these, by themselves, bring only an iota of merit.

⁴⁸Listening and believing with love and humility in your mind,

⁴⁹cleanse yourself with the Name, at the sacred shrine deep within.

⁵⁰All virtues are Yours, Lord, I have none at all.

⁵¹Without virtue, there is no devotional worship.

⁵²I bow to the Lord of the World, to His Word, to Brahma the Creator.

⁵³He is Beautiful, True and Eternally Joyful.

⁵⁴What was that time, and what was that moment? What was that day, and what was that date?

⁵⁵What was that season, and what was that month, when the Universe was created?

⁵⁶The Pandits, the religious scholars, cannot find that time, even if it is written in the Puraanas.

⁵⁷That time is not known to the Qazis, who study the Koran.

⁵⁸The day and the date are not known to the Yogis, nor is the month or the season.

⁵⁹The Creator who created this creation-only He Himself knows.

⁶⁰How can we speak of Him? How can we praise Him? How can we describe Him? How can we know Him?

¹O Nanak, everyone speaks of Him, each one wiser than the rest.

²Great is the Master, Great is His Name. Whatever happens is according to His Will.

³O Nanak, one who claims to know everything shall not be decorated in the world hereafter. ||21||

⁴There are nether worlds beneath nether worlds, and hundreds of thousands of heavenly worlds above.

⁵The Vedas say that you can search and search for them all, until you grow weary.

⁶The scriptures say that there are 18,000 worlds, but in reality, there is only One Universe.

⁷If you try to write an account of this, you will surely finish yourself before you finish writing it.

⁸O Nanak, call Him Great! He Himself knows Himself. ||22||

⁹The praisers praise the Lord, but they do not obtain intuitive understanding

¹⁰the streams and rivers flowing into the ocean do not know its vastness.

¹¹Even kings and emperors, with mountains of property and oceans of wealth

¹²-these are not even equal to an ant, who does not forget God. ||23||

¹³Endless are His Praises, endless are those who speak them.

¹⁴Endless are His Actions, endless are His Gifts.

¹⁵Endless is His Vision, endless is His Hearing.

¹⁶His limits cannot be perceived. What is the Mystery of His Mind?

¹⁷The limits of the created universe cannot be perceived.

¹⁸Its limits here and beyond cannot be perceived.

¹⁹Many struggle to know His limits,

²⁰but His limits cannot be found.

²¹No one can know these limits.

²²The more you say about them, the more there still remains to be said.

²³Great is the Master, High is His Heavenly Home.

²⁴Highest of the High, above all is His Name.

²⁵Only one as Great and as High as God

²⁶can know His Lofty and Exalted State.

²⁷Only He Himself is that Great. He Himself knows Himself.

²⁸O Nanak, by His Glance of Grace, He bestows His Blessings. ||24||

²⁹His Blessings are so abundant that there can be no written account of them.

³⁰The Great Giver does not hold back anything.

³¹There are so many great, heroic warriors begging at the Door of the Infinite Lord.

³²So many contemplate and dwell upon Him, that they cannot be counted.

³³So many waste away to death engaged in corruption.

³⁴So many take and take again, and then deny receiving.

³⁵So many foolish consumers keep on consuming.

³⁶So many endure distress, deprivation and constant abuse.

³⁷Even these are Your Gifts, O Great Giver!

³⁸Liberation from bondage comes only by Your Will.

³⁹No one else has any say in this.

⁴⁰If some fool should presume to say that he does,

⁴¹he shall learn, and feel the effects of his folly.

⁴²He Himself knows, He Himself gives.

⁴³Few, very few are those who acknowledge this.

⁴⁴One who is blessed to sing the Praises of the Lord,

⁴⁵O Nanak, is the king of kings. ||25||

⁴⁶Priceless are His Virtues, Priceless are His Dealings.

⁴⁷Priceless are His Dealers, Priceless are His Treasures.

⁴⁸Priceless are those who come to Him, Priceless are those who buy from Him.

⁴⁹Priceless is Love for Him, Priceless is absorption into Him.

⁵⁰Priceless is the Divine Law of Dharma, Priceless is the Divine Court of Justice.

⁵¹Priceless are the scales, priceless are the weights.

⁵²Priceless are His Blessings, Priceless is His Banner and Insignia.

⁵³Priceless is His Mercy, Priceless is His Royal Command.

⁵⁴Priceless, O Priceless beyond expression!

⁵⁵Speak of Him continually, and remain absorbed in His Love.

⁵⁶The Vedas and the Puraanas speak.

⁵⁷The scholars speak and lecture.

⁵⁸Brahma speaks, Indra speaks.

¹The Gopis and Krishna speak.

²Shiva speaks, the Siddhas speak.

³The many created Buddhas speak.

⁴The demons speak, the demi-gods speak.

⁵The spiritual warriors, the heavenly beings, the silent sages, the humble and serviceful speak.

⁶Many speak and try to describe Him.

⁷Many have spoken of Him over and over again, and have then arisen and departed.

⁸If He were to create as many again as there already are,

⁹even then, they could not describe Him.

¹⁰He is as Great as He wishes to be.

¹¹O Nanak, the True Lord knows.

¹²If anyone presumes to describe God,

¹³he shall be known as the greatest fool of fools! ||26||

¹⁴Where is that Gate, and where is that Dwelling, in which You sit and take care of all?

¹⁵The Sound-current of the Naad vibrates there, and countless musicians play on all sorts of instruments there.

¹⁶So many Ragas, so many musicians singing there.

¹⁷The praanic wind, water and fire sing; the Righteous Judge of Dharma sings at Your Door.

¹⁸Chitr and Gupt, the angels of the conscious and the subconscious who record actions, and the Righteous Judge of Dharma who judges this record sing.

¹⁹Shiva, Brahma and the Goddess of Beauty, ever adorned, sing.

²⁰Indra, seated upon His Throne, sings with the deities at Your Door.

²¹The Siddhas in Samaadhi sing; the Saadhus sing in contemplation.

²²The celibates, the fanatics, the peacefully accepting and the fearless warriors sing.

²³The Pandits, the religious scholars who recite the Vedas, with the supreme sages of all the ages, sing.

²⁴The Mohinis, the enchanting heavenly beauties who entice hearts in this world, in paradise, and in the underworld of the subconscious sing.

²⁵The celestial jewels created by You, and the sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage sing.

²⁶The brave and mighty warriors sing; the spiritual heroes and the four sources of creation sing.

²⁷The planets, solar systems and galaxies, created and arranged by Your Hand, sing.

²⁸They alone sing, who are pleasing to Your Will. Your devotees are imbued with the Nectar of Your Essence.

²⁹So many others sing, they do not come to mind. O Nanak, how can I consider them all?

³⁰That True Lord is True, Forever True, and True is His Name.

³¹He is, and shall always be. He shall not depart, even when this Universe which He has created departs.

³²He created the world, with its various colors, species of beings, and the variety of Maya.

³³Having created the creation, He watches over it Himself, by His Greatness.

³⁴He does whatever He pleases. No order can be issued to Him.

³⁵He is the King, the King of kings, the Supreme Lord and Master of kings. Nanak remains subject to His Will. ||27||

³⁶Make contentment your ear-rings, humility your begging bowl, and meditation the ashes you apply to your body.

³⁷Let the remembrance of death be the patched coat you wear, let the purity of virginity be your way in the world, and let faith in the Lord be your walking stick.

³⁸See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world.

³⁹I bow to Him, I humbly bow.

⁴⁰The Primal One, the Pure Light, without beginning, without end. Throughout all the ages, He is One and the Same. ||28||

⁴¹Let spiritual wisdom be your food, and compassion your attendant. The Sound-current of the Naad vibrates in each and every heart.

⁴²He Himself is the Supreme Master of all; wealth and miraculous spiritual powers, and all other external tastes and pleasures, are all like beads on a string.

⁴³Union with Him, and separation from Him, come by His Will. We come to receive what is written in our destiny.

¹I bow to Him, I humbly bow.

²The Primal One, the Pure Light, without beginning, without end. Throughout all the ages, He is One and the Same. ||29||

³The One Divine Mother conceived and gave birth to the three deities.

⁴One, the Creator of the World; One, the Sustainer; and One, the Destroyer.

⁵He makes things happen according to the Pleasure of His Will. Such is His Celestial Order.

⁶He watches over all, but none see Him. How wonderful this is!

⁷I bow to Him, I humbly bow.

⁸The Primal One, the Pure Light, without beginning, without end. Throughout all the ages, He is One and the Same. ||30||

⁹On world after world are His Seats of Authority and His Storehouses.

¹⁰Whatever was put into them, was put there once and for all.

¹¹Having created the creation, the Creator Lord watches over it.

¹²O Nanak, True is the Creation of the True Lord.

¹³I bow to Him, I humbly bow.

¹⁴The Primal One, the Pure Light, without beginning, without end. Throughout all the ages, He is One and the Same. ||31||

¹⁵If I had 100,000 tongues, and these were then multiplied twenty times more, with each tongue,

¹⁶I would repeat, hundreds of thousands of times, the Name of the One, the Lord of the Universe.

¹⁷Along this path to our Husband Lord, we climb the steps of the ladder, and come to merge with Him.

¹⁸Hearing of the etheric realms, even worms long to come back home.

¹⁹O Nanak, by His Grace He is obtained. False are the boastings of the false. ||32||

²⁰No power to speak, no power to keep silent.

²¹No power to beg, no power to give.

²²No power to live, no power to die.

²³No power to rule, with wealth and occult mental powers.

²⁴No power to gain intuitive understanding, spiritual wisdom and meditation.

²⁵No power to find the way to escape from the world.

²⁶He alone has the Power in His Hands. He watches over all.

²⁷O Nanak, no one is high or low. ||33||

²⁸Nights, days, weeks and seasons;

²⁹wind, water, fire and the nether regions

³⁰in the midst of these, He established the earth as a home for Dharma.

³¹Upon it, He placed the various species of beings.

³²Their names are uncounted and endless.

³³By their deeds and their actions, they shall be judged.

³⁴God Himself is True, and True is His Court.

³⁵There, in perfect grace and ease, sit the self-elect, the self-realized Saints.

³⁶They receive the Mark of Grace from the Merciful Lord.

³⁷The ripe and the unripe, the good and the bad, shall there be judged.

³⁸O Nanak, when you go home, you will see this. ||34||

³⁹This is righteous living in the realm of Dharma.

⁴⁰And now we speak of the realm of spiritual wisdom.

⁴¹So many winds, waters and fires; so many Krishnas and Shivas.

⁴²So many Brahmas, fashioning forms of great beauty, adorned and dressed in many colors.

⁴³So many worlds and lands for working out karma. So very many lessons to be learned!

⁴⁴So many Indras, so many moons and suns, so many worlds and lands.

⁴⁵So many Siddhas and Buddhas, so many Yogic masters. So many goddesses of various kinds.

⁴⁶So many demi-gods and demons, so many silent sages. So many oceans of jewels.

⁴⁷So many ways of life, so many languages. So many dynasties of rulers.

⁴⁸So many intuitive people, so many selfless servants. O Nanak, His limit has no limit! ||35||

⁴⁹In the realm of wisdom, spiritual wisdom reigns supreme.

⁵⁰The Sound-current of the Naad vibrates there, amidst the sounds and the sights of bliss.

¹In the realm of humility, the Word is Beauty.

²Forms of incomparable beauty are fashioned there.

³These things cannot be described.

⁴One who tries to speak of these shall regret the attempt.

⁵The intuitive consciousness, intellect and understanding of the mind are shaped there.

⁶The consciousness of the spiritual warriors and the Siddhas, the beings of spiritual perfection, are shaped there. ||36||

⁷In the realm of karma, the Word is Power.

⁸No one else dwells there,

⁹except the warriors of great power, the spiritual heroes.

¹⁰They are totally fulfilled, imbued with the Lord's Essence.

¹¹Myriads of Sitas are there, cool and calm in their majestic glory.

¹²Their beauty cannot be described.

¹³Neither death nor deception comes to those,

¹⁴within whose minds the Lord abides.

¹⁵The devotees of many worlds dwell there.

¹⁶They celebrate; their minds are imbued with the True Lord.

¹⁷In the realm of Truth, the Formless Lord abides.

¹⁸Having created the creation, He watches over it. By His Glance of Grace, He bestows happiness.

¹⁹There are planets, solar systems and galaxies.

²⁰If one speaks of them, there is no limit, no end.

²¹There are worlds upon worlds of His Creation.

²²As He commands, so they exist.

²³He watches over all, and contemplating the creation, He rejoices.

²⁴O Nanak, to describe this is as hard as steel! ||37||

²⁵Let self-control be the furnace, and patience the goldsmith.

²⁶Let understanding be the anvil, and spiritual wisdom the tools.

²⁷With the Fear of God as the bellows, fan the flames of tapa, the body's inner heat.

²⁸In the crucible of love, melt the Nectar of the Name,

²⁹and mint the True Coin of the Shabad, the Word of God.

³⁰Such is the karma of those upon whom He has cast His Glance of Grace.

³¹O Nanak, the Merciful Lord, by His Grace, uplifts and exalts them. ||38||

³²Salok:

³³Air is the Guru, Water is the Father, and Earth is the Great Mother of all.

³⁴Day and night are the two nurses, in whose lap all the world is at play.

³⁵Good deeds and bad deeds-the record is read out in the Presence of the Lord of Dharma.

³⁶According to their own actions, some are drawn closer, and some are driven farther away.

³⁷Those who have meditated on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and departed after having worked by the sweat of their brows

³⁸-O Nanak, their faces are radiant in the Court of the Lord, and many are saved along with them! ||1||