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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.