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Japji Sahib · Pauri 25

ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਸਿਫਤੀ ਕਹਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਕਰਣੈ ਦੇਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਵੇਖਣਿ ਸੁਣਣਿ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਕਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਮੰਤੁ ॥ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਕੀਤਾ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰੁ ॥ਅੰਤ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਬਿਲਲਾਹਿ ॥ਤਾ ਕੇ ਅੰਤ ਨ ਪਾਏ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ਏਹੁ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ਬਹੁਤਾ ਕਹੀਐ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ਵਡਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਊਚਾ ਥਾਉ ॥ਊਚੇ ਉਪਰਿ ਊਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥ਏਵਡੁ ਊਚਾ ਹੋਵੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ਤਿਸੁ ਊਚੇ ਕਉ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਇ ॥ਜੇਵਡੁ ਆਪਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪਿ ਆਪਿ ॥ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰੀ ਕਰਮੀ ਦਾਤਿ ॥੨੪॥

Ant na siftee kahan na ant. Ant na karnai dayn na ant. Ant na vaykhan sunan na ant. Ant na jaapai ki-aa man mant. Ant na jaapai keetaa aakaar. Ant na jaapai paaraavaar. Ant kaaran kaytay billaahi. Taa kay ant na paa-ay jaahi. Ayhu ant na jaanai ko-ay. Bahutaa kahee-ai bahutaa ho-ay. Vadaa Saahib oochaa thaa-o. Oochay upar oochaa naa-o. Ayvad oochaa hovai ko-ay. Tis oochay ka-o jaanai so-ay. Jayvad aap jaanai aap aap. Nanak nadree karmee daat.

No end to His praise, no end to the speaking of it. No end to His doing, no end to His giving. No end to seeing, no end to hearing. No end can be found to what is in His mind. No end to the form He has created, no end to the far shore. Many cry out trying to find the limit — they cannot find it. No one knows this end. The more we say, the more there is to be said. Great is the Lord, lofty is His place. Higher than the high is His Name. If anyone were of equal height — only that one could know Him. He alone knows His own greatness. Nanak says — by His glance, gifts are given.

— Japji Sahib 25

Source: Original Gurmukhi by Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469–1539). Public-domain English renderings drawn from Manmohan Singh and Pritam Singh Chahil translations.

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