ਆਪਨ ਖੇਲੁ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤੀਜਾ ॥ |
aapan khael aap varatheejaa || |
He Himself has staged His own drama; |
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ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰਨੈਹਾਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੧॥ |
naanak karanaihaar n dhoojaa ||1|| |
O Nanak, there is no other Creator. ||1|| |
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ਜਬ ਹੋਵਤ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੇਵਲ ਧਨੀ ॥ |
jab hovath prabh kaeval dhhanee || |
When there was only God the Master, |
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ਤਬ ਬੰਧ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਕਹੁ ਕਿਸ ਕਉ ਗਨੀ ॥ |
thab bandhh mukath kahu kis ko ganee || |
then who was called bound or liberated? |
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ਜਬ ਏਕਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰ ॥ |
jab eaekehi har agam apaar || |
When there was only the Lord, Unfathomable and Infinite, |
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ਤਬ ਨਰਕ ਸੁਰਗ ਕਹੁ ਕਉਨ ਅਉਤਾਰ ॥ |
thab narak surag kahu koun aouthaar || |
then who entered hell, and who entered heaven? |
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ਜਬ ਨਿਰਗੁਨ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਹਜ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥ |
jab niragun prabh sehaj subhaae || |
When God was without attributes, in absolute poise, |
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ਤਬ ਸਿਵ ਸਕਤਿ ਕਹਹੁ ਕਿਤੁ ਠਾਇ ॥ |
thab siv sakath kehahu kith thaae || |
then where was mind and where was matter - where was Shiva and Shakti? |
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ਜਬ ਆਪਹਿ ਆਪਿ ਅਪਨੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਧਰੈ ॥ |
jab aapehi aap apanee joth dhharai || |
When He held His Own Light unto Himself, |
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ਤਬ ਕਵਨ ਨਿਡਰੁ ਕਵਨ ਕਤ ਡਰੈ ॥ |
thab kavan niddar kavan kath ddarai || |
then who was fearless, and who was afraid? |
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ਆਪਨ ਚਲਿਤ ਆਪਿ ਕਰਨੈਹਾਰ ॥ |
aapan chalith aap karanaihaar || |
He Himself is the Performer in His own plays; |
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ਨਾਨਕ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰ ॥੨॥ |
naanak thaakur agam apaar ||2|| |
O Nanak, the Lord Master is Unfathomable and Infinite. ||2|| |
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ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਸੁਖ ਆਪਨ ਆਸਨ ॥ |
abinaasee sukh aapan aasan || |
When the Immortal Lord was seated at ease, |
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ਤਹ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਨ ਕਹੁ ਕਹਾ ਬਿਨਾਸਨ ॥ |
theh janam maran kahu kehaa binaasan || |
then where was birth, death and dissolution? |
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ਜਬ ਪੂਰਨ ਕਰਤਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸੋਇ ॥ |
jab pooran karathaa prabh soe || |
When there was only God, the Perfect Creator, |
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ਤਬ ਜਮ ਕੀ ਤ੍ਰਾਸ ਕਹਹੁ ਕਿਸੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ |
thab jam kee thraas kehahu kis hoe || |
then who was afraid of death? |
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ਜਬ ਅਬਿਗਤ ਅਗੋਚਰ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਏਕਾ ॥ |
jab abigath agochar prabh eaekaa || |
When there was only the One Lord, unmanifest and incomprehensible, |
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ਤਬ ਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਗੁਪਤ ਕਿਸੁ ਪੂਛਤ ਲੇਖਾ ॥ |
thab chithr gupath kis pooshhath laekhaa || |
then who was called to account by the recording scribes of the conscious and the subconscious? |
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ਜਬ ਨਾਥ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਅਗੋਚਰ ਅਗਾਧੇ ॥ |
jab naathh niranjan agochar agaadhhae || |
When there was only the Immaculate, Incomprehensible, Unfathomable Master, |
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ਤਬ ਕਉਨ ਛੁਟੇ ਕਉਨ ਬੰਧਨ ਬਾਧੇ ॥ |
thab koun shhuttae koun bandhhan baadhhae || |
then who was emancipated, and who was held in bondage? |
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ਆਪਨ ਆਪ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਅਚਰਜਾ ॥ |
aapan aap aap hee acharajaa || |
He Himself, in and of Himself, is the most wonderful. |
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ਨਾਨਕ ਆਪਨ ਰੂਪ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਉਪਰਜਾ ॥੩॥ |
naanak aapan roop aap hee ouparajaa ||3|| |
O Nanak, He Himself created His Own Form. ||3|| |
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ਜਹ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਪੁਰਖ ਪਤਿ ਹੋਤਾ ॥ |
jeh niramal purakh purakh path hothaa || |
When there was only the Immaculate Being, the Lord of beings, |
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ਤਹ ਬਿਨੁ ਮੈਲੁ ਕਹਹੁ ਕਿਆ ਧੋਤਾ ॥ |
theh bin mail kehahu kiaa dhhothaa || |
there was no filth, so what was there to be washed clean? |
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ਜਹ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਨਿਰਬਾਨ ॥ |
jeh niranjan nirankaar nirabaan || |
When there was only the Pure, Formless Lord in Nirvaanaa, |
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ਤਹ ਕਉਨ ਕਉ ਮਾਨ ਕਉਨ ਅਭਿਮਾਨ ॥ |
theh koun ko maan koun abhimaan || |
then who was honored, and who was dishonored? |
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ਜਹ ਸਰੂਪ ਕੇਵਲ ਜਗਦੀਸ ॥ |
jeh saroop kaeval jagadhees || |
When there was only the Form of the Lord of the Universe, |
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ਤਹ ਛਲ ਛਿਦ੍ਰ ਲਗਤ ਕਹੁ ਕੀਸ ॥ |
theh shhal shhidhr lagath kahu kees || |
then who was tainted by fraud and sin? |
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ਜਹ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਰੂਪੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਸੰਗਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥ |
jeh joth saroopee joth sang samaavai || |
When the Embodiment of Light was immersed in His Own Light, |
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ਤਹ ਕਿਸਹਿ ਭੂਖ ਕਵਨੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਵੈ ॥ |
theh kisehi bhookh kavan thripathaavai || |
then who was hungry, and who was satisfied? |
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ਕਰਨ ਕਰਾਵਨ ਕਰਨੈਹਾਰੁ ॥ |
karan karaavan karanaihaar || |
He is the Cause of causes, the Creator Lord. |
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ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰਤੇ ਕਾ ਨਾਹਿ ਸੁਮਾਰੁ ॥੪॥ |
naanak karathae kaa naahi sumaar ||4|| |
O Nanak, the Creator is beyond calculation. ||4|| |
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ਜਬ ਅਪਨੀ ਸੋਭਾ ਆਪਨ ਸੰਗਿ ਬਨਾਈ ॥ |
jab apanee sobhaa aapan sang banaaee || |
When His Glory was contained within Himself, |
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ਤਬ ਕਵਨ ਮਾਇ ਬਾਪ ਮਿਤ੍ਰ ਸੁਤ ਭਾਈ ॥ |
thab kavan maae baap mithr suth bhaaee || |
then who was mother, father, friend, child or sibling? |
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ਜਹ ਸਰਬ ਕਲਾ ਆਪਹਿ ਪਰਬੀਨ ॥ |
jeh sarab kalaa aapehi parabeen || |
When all power and wisdom was latent within Him, |
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ਤਹ ਬੇਦ ਕਤੇਬ ਕਹਾ ਕੋਊ ਚੀਨ ॥ |
theh baedh kathaeb kehaa kooo cheen || |
then where were the Vedas and the scriptures, and who was there to read them? |
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ਜਬ ਆਪਨ ਆਪੁ ਆਪਿ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰੈ ॥ |
jab aapan aap aap our dhhaarai || |
When He kept Himself, All-in-all, unto His Own Heart, |
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ਤਉ ਸਗਨ ਅਪਸਗਨ ਕਹਾ ਬੀਚਾਰੈ ॥ |
tho sagan apasagan kehaa beechaarai || |
then who considered omens to be good or bad? |
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ਜਹ ਆਪਨ ਊਚ ਆਪਨ ਆਪਿ ਨੇਰਾ ॥ |
jeh aapan ooch aapan aap naeraa || |
When He Himself was lofty, and He Himself was near at hand, |
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ਤਹ ਕਉਨ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਕਉਨੁ ਕਹੀਐ ਚੇਰਾ ॥ |
theh koun thaakur koun keheeai chaeraa || |
then who was called master, and who was called disciple? |
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ਬਿਸਮਨ ਬਿਸਮ ਰਹੇ ਬਿਸਮਾਦ ॥ |
bisaman bisam rehae bisamaadh || |
We are wonder-struck at the wondrous wonder of the Lord. |
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ਨਾਨਕ ਅਪਨੀ ਗਤਿ ਜਾਨਹੁ ਆਪਿ ॥੫॥ |
naanak apanee gath jaanahu aap ||5|| |
O Nanak, He alone knows His own state. ||5|| |
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ਜਹ ਅਛਲ ਅਛੇਦ ਅਭੇਦ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥ |
jeh ashhal ashhaedh abhaedh samaaeiaa || |
When the Undeceiveable, Impenetrable, Inscrutable One was self-absorbed, |
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ਊਹਾ ਕਿਸਹਿ ਬਿਆਪਤ ਮਾਇਆ ॥ |
oohaa kisehi biaapath maaeiaa || |
then who was swayed by Maya? |
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ਆਪਸ ਕਉ ਆਪਹਿ ਆਦੇਸੁ ॥ |
aapas ko aapehi aadhaes || |
When He paid homage to Himself, |
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ਤਿਹੁ ਗੁਣ ਕਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਪਰਵੇਸੁ ॥ |
thihu gun kaa naahee paravaes || |
then the three qualities were not prevailing. |
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ਜਹ ਏਕਹਿ ਏਕ ਏਕ ਭਗਵੰਤਾ ॥ |
jeh eaekehi eaek eaek bhagavanthaa || |
When there was only the One, the One and Only Lord God, |
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ਤਹ ਕਉਨੁ ਅਚਿੰਤੁ ਕਿਸੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਚਿੰਤਾ ॥ |
theh koun achinth kis laagai chinthaa || |
then who was not anxious, and who felt anxiety? |
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ਜਹ ਆਪਨ ਆਪੁ ਆਪਿ ਪਤੀਆਰਾ ॥ |
jeh aapan aap aap patheeaaraa || |
When He Himself was satisfied with Himself, |
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ਤਹ ਕਉਨੁ ਕਥੈ ਕਉਨੁ ਸੁਨਨੈਹਾਰਾ ॥ |
theh koun kathhai koun sunanaihaaraa || |
then who spoke and who listened? |
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ਬਹੁ ਬੇਅੰਤ ਊਚ ਤੇ ਊਚਾ ॥ |
bahu baeanth ooch thae oochaa || |
He is vast and infinite, the highest of the high. |
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ਨਾਨਕ ਆਪਸ ਕਉ ਆਪਹਿ ਪਹੂਚਾ ॥੬॥ |
naanak aapas ko aapehi pehoochaa ||6|| |
O Nanak, He alone can reach Himself. ||6|| |
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ਜਹ ਆਪਿ ਰਚਿਓ ਪਰਪੰਚੁ ਅਕਾਰੁ ॥ |
jeh aap rachiou parapanch akaar || |
When He Himself fashioned the visible world of the creation, |
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ਤਿਹੁ ਗੁਣ ਮਹਿ ਕੀਨੋ ਬਿਸਥਾਰੁ ॥ |
thihu gun mehi keeno bisathhaar || |
he made the world subject to the three dispositions. |
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ਪਾਪੁ ਪੁੰਨੁ ਤਹ ਭਈ ਕਹਾਵਤ ॥ |
paap punn theh bhee kehaavath || |
Sin and virtue then began to be spoken of. |
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