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Japji Sahib · Pauri 35

ਰਾਤੀ ਰੁਤੀ ਥਿਤੀ ਵਾਰ ॥ਪਵਣ ਪਾਣੀ ਅਗਨੀ ਪਾਤਾਲ ॥ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਧਰਤੀ ਥਾਪਿ ਰਖੀ ਧਰਮ ਸਾਲ ॥ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਜੀਅ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਕੇ ਰੰਗ ॥ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਨਾਮ ਅਨੇਕ ਅਨੰਤ ॥ਕਰਮੀ ਕਰਮੀ ਹੋਇ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ਸਚਾ ਆਪਿ ਸਚਾ ਦਰਬਾਰੁ ॥ਤਿਥੈ ਸੋਹਨਿ ਪੰਚ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ਨਦਰੀ ਕਰਮਿ ਪਵੈ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥ਕਚ ਪਕਾਈ ਓਥੈ ਪਾਇ ॥ਨਾਨਕ ਗਇਆ ਜਾਪੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੩੪॥

Raatee rutee thitee vaar. Pavan paanee agnee paataal. Tis vich dhartee thaap rakhee dharam saal. Tis vich jee-a jugat kay rang. Tin kay naam anayk anant. Karmee karmee ho-ay veechaar. Sachaa aap sachaa darbaar. Tithai sohan panch parvaan. Nadree karam pavai neesaan. Kach pakaa-ee othai paa-ay. Nanak ga-i-aa jaapai jaa-ay.

Nights, seasons, lunar days, weekdays — wind, water, fire, nether-regions. Within all this, the earth has been set as the Dharam-Saal — the temple-school of right action. Within it, beings of many ways and many colors. Their names are countless, endless. By deeds, by deeds, each is judged. The True One Himself, the True Court. There the Five Approved are radiant. By His grace and by one's deeds, the seal of acceptance is stamped. There the unripe and the ripe are sorted. Nanak says — only on going there is this known.

— Japji Sahib 35

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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