Japji Sahib · Pauri 27
ਅਮੁਲ ਗੁਣ ਅਮੁਲ ਵਾਪਾਰ ॥ਅਮੁਲ ਵਾਪਾਰੀਏ ਅਮੁਲ ਭੰਡਾਰ ॥ਅਮੁਲ ਆਵਹਿ ਅਮੁਲ ਲੈ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ਅਮੁਲ ਭਾਇ ਅਮੁਲਾ ਸਮਾਹਿ ॥ਅਮੁਲੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਦੀਬਾਣੁ ॥ਅਮੁਲੁ ਤੁਲੁ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ਅਮੁਲੁ ਬਖਸੀਸ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥ਅਮੁਲੁ ਕਰਮੁ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਫੁਰਮਾਣੁ ॥ਅਮੁਲੋ ਅਮੁਲੁ ਆਖਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ਆਖਿ ਆਖਿ ਰਹੇ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥ਆਖਹਿ ਵੇਦ ਪਾਠ ਪੁਰਾਣ ॥ਆਖਹਿ ਪੜੇ ਕਰਹਿ ਵਖਿਆਣ ॥ਆਖਹਿ ਬਰਮੇ ਆਖਹਿ ਇੰਦ ॥ਆਖਹਿ ਗੋਪੀ ਤੈ ਗੋਵਿੰਦ ॥ਆਖਹਿ ਈਸਰ ਆਖਹਿ ਸਿਧ ॥ਆਖਹਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਕੀਤੇ ਬੁਧ ॥ਆਖਹਿ ਦਾਨਵ ਆਖਹਿ ਦੇਵ ॥ਆਖਹਿ ਸੁਰਿ ਨਰ ਮੁਨਿ ਜਨ ਸੇਵ ॥ਕੇਤੇ ਆਖਹਿ ਆਖਣਿ ਪਾਹਿ ॥ਕੇਤੇ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਉਠਿ ਉਠਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ਏਤੇ ਕੀਤੇ ਹੋਰਿ ਕਰੇਹਿ ॥ਤਾ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਸਕਹਿ ਕੇਈ ਕੇਇ ॥ਜੇਵਡੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੇਵਡੁ ਹੋਇ ॥ਨਾਨਕ ਜਾਣੈ ਸਾਚਾ ਸੋਇ ॥ਜੇ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਬੋਲੁਵਿਗਾੜੁ ॥ਤਾ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਸਿਰਿ ਗਾਵਾਰਾ ਗਾਵਾਰੁ ॥੨੬॥
Amul gun amul vaapaar. Amul vaapaaree-ay amul bhandaar. Amul aavahi amul lai jaahi. Amul bhaa-ay amulaa samaahi. Amul dharam amul deebaan. Amul tul amul parvaan. Amul bakhsees amul neesaan. Amul karam amul furmaan. Amulo amul aakhi-aa na jaa-ay. Aakh aakh rahay liv laa-ay. Aakhahi vayd paath puraan. Aakhahi parhay karahi vakhi-aan. Aakhahi barmay aakhahi ind. Aakhahi gopee tai govind. Aakhahi eesar aakhahi sidh. Aakhahi kaytay keetay budh. Aakhahi daanav aakhahi dayv. Aakhahi sur nar mun jan sayv. Kaytay aakhahi aakhan paahi. Kaytay kahi kahi uth uth jaahi. Aytay keetay hor karayhi. Taa aakh na sakahi kay-ee kay-ay. Jayvad bhaavai tayvad ho-ay. Nanak jaanai saachaa so-ay. Jay ko aakhai bolvigaarh. Taa likhee-ai sir gaavaaraa gaavaar.
Priceless are His virtues, priceless is the trade in them. Priceless the traders, priceless the storehouses. Priceless those who come, priceless what they take away. Priceless the love, priceless the absorption. Priceless His Dharma, priceless His court. Priceless the balance, priceless the weighing standard. Priceless the gift, priceless the seal of acceptance. Priceless His act, priceless His decree. Priceless beyond priceless — it cannot be spoken. Speaking and speaking, they hold steady in attentive love. The Vedas and Puranas speak; the learned speak and explain. Brahma speaks, Indra speaks. The Gopis and Govinda speak. Shiva speaks, the Siddhas speak. Many created Buddhas speak. Demons speak, gods speak. Celestial beings, humans, sages, devotees, servants speak. Many speak, many keep trying to speak. Many speak and rise and leave. Even if He created as many more as He has, then more again — even they could not say. He becomes as great as He wishes. Nanak says — the True One alone knows. If any spoilt-mouth speaks otherwise, mark him down as the fool of fools.
— Japji Sahib 27
Source: Original Gurmukhi by Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469–1539). Public-domain English renderings drawn from Manmohan Singh and Pritam Singh Chahil translations.