Japji Sahib · Chapter 20

Pauri 19 — Asankh (Countless) — letters and names

1 verses · The third Asankh pauri closes the series with a pivot. Names, places, worlds are countless — but all comes 'akhree,' by letters. Then the apophatic move: the One who wrote the letters has no letter on His own head. And the luminous claim: whatever exists IS His Name.

• ¶ Pauri 20

  Countless are the names, countless the places