Sérfræðingur Granth Sahib 1 · Jap · Guru Nanak Dev Ji

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 ~

2Name of the Composition, "Jup". Chant And Meditate:

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

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

5Even if one bathes hundreds of thousands of times, the mind does not become cleansed.

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 falsehood 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.