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Japji Sahib · Pauri 34

ਆਖਣਿ ਜੋਰੁ ਚੁਪੈ ਨਹ ਜੋਰੁ ॥ਜੋਰੁ ਨ ਮੰਗਣਿ ਦੇਣਿ ਨ ਜੋਰੁ ॥ਜੋਰੁ ਨ ਜੀਵਣਿ ਮਰਣਿ ਨਹ ਜੋਰੁ ॥ਜੋਰੁ ਨ ਰਾਜਿ ਮਾਲਿ ਮਨਿ ਸੋਰੁ ॥ਜੋਰੁ ਨ ਸੁਰਤੀ ਗਿਆਨਿ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥ਜੋਰੁ ਨ ਜੁਗਤੀ ਛੁਟੈ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥ਜਿਸੁ ਹਥਿ ਜੋਰੁ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ਸੋਇ ॥ਨਾਨਕ ਉਤਮੁ ਨੀਚੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੩੩॥

Aakhan jor chupai nah jor. Jor na mangan dayn na jor. Jor na jeevan maran nah jor. Jor na raaj maal man sor. Jor na surtee gi-aan veechaar. Jor na jugtee chhutai sansaar. Jis hath jor kar vaykhai so-ay. Nanak utam neech na ko-ay.

In speaking, no power of one's own; in silence, no power either. No power in asking, no power in giving. No power in living, no power in dying. No power in royalty, in wealth, in the mind's clamor. No power in awareness, in knowledge, in contemplation. No power in the method by which the world is escaped. The power is in the hand of the One who, having made, watches. Nanak says — no one is high, no one is low.

— Japji Sahib 34

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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