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1One who becomes Gurmukh realizes the Hukam of His command; surrendering to His Command, one merges in the Lord. ||9||

2By His Command we come, and by His command we merge into Him again.

3By His Command, the world was formed.

4By His Command, the heavens, this world and the nether regions were created; by His Command, His Power supports them. ||10||

5The Hukam of His Command is the mythical bull which supports the burden of the earth on its head.

6By His Hukam, air, water and fire came into being.

7By His Hukam, one dwells in the house of matter and energy - Shiva and Shakti. By His Hukam, He plays His plays. ||11||

8By the Hukam of His command, the sky is spread above.

9By His Hukam, His creatures dwell in the water, on the land and throughout the three worlds.

10By His Hukam, we draw our breath and receive our food; by His Hukam, He watches over us, and inspires us to see. ||12||

11By His Hukam, He created His ten incarnations,

12and the uncounted and infinite gods and devils.

13Whoever obeys the Hukam of His Command, is robed with honor in the Court of the Lord; united with the Truth, He merges in the Lord. ||13||

14By the Hukam of His Command, the thirty-six ages passed.

15By His Hukam, the Siddhas and seekers contemplate Him.

16The Lord Himself has brought all under His control. Whoever He forgives, is liberated. ||14||

17In the strong fortress of the body with its beautiful doors, is the king, with his special assistants and ministers.

18Those gripped by falsehood and greed do not dwell in the celestial home; engrossed in greed and sin, they come to regret and repent. ||15||

19Truth and contentment govern this body-village.

20Chastity, truth and self-control are in the Sanctuary of the Lord.

21O Nanak, one intuitively meets the Lord, the Life of the World; the Word of the Guru's Shabad brings honor. ||16||4||16||

22Maaroo, First Mehla:

23In the Primal Void, the Infinite Lord assumed His Power.

24He Himself is unattached, infinite and incomparable.

25He Himself exercised His Creative Power, and He gazes upon His creation; from the Primal Void, He formed the Void. ||1||

26From this Primal Void, He fashioned air and water.

27He created the universe, and the king in the fortress of the body.

28Your Light pervades fire, water and souls; Your Power rests in the Primal Void. ||2||

29From this Primal Void, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva issued forth.

30This Primal Void is pervasive throughout all the ages.

31That humble being who contemplates this state is perfect; meeting with him, doubt is dispelled. ||3||

32From this Primal Void, the seven seas were established.

33The One who created them, Himself contemplates them.

34That human being who becomes Gurmukh, who bathes in the pool of Truth, is not cast into the womb of reincarnation again. ||4||

35From this Primal Void, came the moon, the sun and the earth.

36His Light pervades all the three worlds.

37The Lord of this Primal Void is unseen, infinite and immaculate; He is absorbed in the Primal Trance of Deep Meditation. ||5||

38From this Primal Void, the earth and the Akaashic Ethers were created.

39He supports them without any visible support, by exercising His True Power.

40He fashioned the three worlds, and the rope of Maya; He Himself creates and destroys. ||6||

41From this Primal Void, came the four sources of creation, and the power of speech.

42They were created from the Void, and they will merge into the Void.

43The Supreme Creator created the play of Nature; through the Word of His Shabad, He stages His Wondrous Show. ||7||

44From this Primal Void, He made both night and day;

45creation and destruction, pleasure and pain.

46The Gurmukh is immortal, untouched by pleasure and pain. He obtains the home of his own inner being. ||8||