ਤੀਰਥੁ ਤਪੁ ਦਇਆ ਦਤੁ ਦਾਨੁ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਪਾਵੈ ਤਿਲ ਕਾ ਮਾਨੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਆ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਕੀਤਾ ਭਾਉ ॥ ਅੰਤਰਗਤਿ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਮਲਿ ਨਾਉ ॥ ਸਭਿ ਗੁਣ ਤੇਰੇ ਮੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥ ਵਿਣੁ ਗੁਣ ਕੀਤੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਸੁਅਸਤਿ ਆਥਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਬਰਮਾਉ ॥ ਸਤਿ ਸੁਹਾਣੁ ਸਦਾ ਮਨਿ ਚਾਉ ॥ ਕਵਣੁ ਸੁ ਵੇਲਾ ਵਖਤੁ ਕਵਣੁ ਕਵਣ ਥਿਤਿ ਕਵਣੁ ਵਾਰੁ ॥ ਕਵਣਿ ਸਿ ਰੁਤੀ ਮਾਹੁ ਕਵਣੁ ਜਿਤੁ ਹੋਆ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥ ਵੇਲ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ਪੰਡਤੀ ਜਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਲੇਖੁ ਪੁਰਾਣੁ ॥ ਵਖਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਕਾਦੀਆ ਜਿ ਲਿਖਨਿ ਲੇਖੁ ਕੁਰਾਣੁ ॥ ਥਿਤਿ ਵਾਰੁ ਨਾ ਜੋਗੀ ਜਾਣੈ ਰੁਤਿ ਮਾਹੁ ਨਾ ਕੋਈ ॥ ਜਾ ਕਰਤਾ ਸਿਰਠੀ ਕਉ ਸਾਜੇ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਈ ॥ ਕਿਵ ਕਰਿ ਆਖਾ ਕਿਵ ਸਾਲਾਹੀ ਕਿਉ ਵਰਨੀ ਕਿਵ ਜਾਣਾ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਆਖਣਿ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਇਕ ਦੂ ਇਕੁ ਸਿਆਣਾ ॥ ਵਡਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਵਡੀ ਨਾਈ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾ ਕਾ ਹੋਵੈ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਆਪੌ ਜਾਣੈ ਅਗੈ ਗਇਆ ਨ ਸੋਹੈ ॥੨੧॥
Translation in English :
By going to and bathing in the sacred places of pilgrimage, by going through all kinds of ascetic practices and by giving away gifts to the poor in a merciful mood, one gains an ephemeral reputation in this world, or one goes to Swarga (place of rest) after death for a short time, and is born again in this world when the fruit of one‟s good karmas is finished. But if our ears drink deep in the teachings of the Satguru, ever weigh them in our minds and act upon them with love and fervour, we realize the Divine within and attain at-one-ment with the One-in-All and the All-in-One.
O Divine Lord, all these gifts of listening to the teachings of the Guru, and ever keeping them in our minds, and acting upon them have been bestowed upon me by Thee. I am altogether devoid of them. Without these God-given gifts meditation on Thy Name is impossible. It is this mood of deep humility love and fervour that leads us to at-one- ment with Thee, and intunes our minds with the infinite.
O Lord, bestow these gifts upon me and accept my humble all-hail, “Thou art ever True, all life (source of all life), and ever blissful.”
Q. The other rendering is in the form of a question, is this creation the outcome of matter or of the Infinite source of all love and energy?
Ans. In the Infinite Divine mind, the thought came, that I manifest myself in various forms. This thought was expressed through the word and the whole creation came into existence. The Eternal Divine the source of all creation is the everlasting Reality, the source of all active life, and ever blissful.
What was the period, what was the time, what was the moment on the lunar calendar, what was the name of the day on the solar calendar (Sunday etc.), what was the season, and what was the month, when the whole creation came into existence?
All the pandits have searched the Purans, all the Mohammedan Divines have studied the Koran, but they could not fix the time and the moment of the world‟s creation. Even the Yogis who go into a trance and study the vast expanse of time and space cannot fix the moment and the day. In short no one can give the season and the month. It is the Creator alone Who Knows His own secret. Then how in my ignorance to solve this riddle, can I describe His creation?
The only thing that I can do is to take myself into the realm of praise and ecstasy, and be at-one with Him. Sayeth Nanak many a wise men attempt to describe His creation, each posing wiser than the other. But the great Lord, the All-in-One and the One-in-All is great and His praise is beyond the scope of human intellect and spoken language
He is the sole master of His creation, and manifests Himself into the whole created universe, according to His own will. O Nanak anyone who says that I know it, cannot find a place of respect in the company of God-conscious persons. All that one needs to do is to meditate on His name, sing His praise and thus merge oneself into the Divine Reality and become a part and parcel of the great Infinite.