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Japji Sahib · Pauri 38

ਕਰਮ ਖੰਡ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਜੋਰੁ ॥ਤਿਥੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ਹੋਰੁ ॥ਤਿਥੈ ਜੋਧ ਮਹਾਬਲ ਸੂਰ ॥ਤਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਰਾਮੁ ਰਹਿਆ ਭਰਪੂਰ ॥ਤਿਥੈ ਸੀਤੋ ਸੀਤਾ ਮਹਿਮਾ ਮਾਹਿ ॥ਤਾ ਕੇ ਰੂਪ ਨ ਕਥਨੇ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ਨਾ ਓਹਿ ਮਰਹਿ ਨ ਠਾਗੇ ਜਾਹਿ ॥ਜਿਨ ਕੈ ਰਾਮੁ ਵਸੈ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥ਤਿਥੈ ਭਗਤ ਵਸਹਿ ਕੇ ਲੋਅ ॥ਕਰਹਿ ਅਨੰਦੁ ਸਚਾ ਮਨਿ ਸੋਇ ॥ਸਚ ਖੰਡਿ ਵਸੈ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੁ ॥ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਲ ॥ਤਿਥੈ ਖੰਡ ਮੰਡਲ ਵਰਭੰਡ ॥ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਥੈ ਤ ਅੰਤ ਨ ਅੰਤ ॥ਤਿਥੈ ਲੋਅ ਲੋਅ ਆਕਾਰ ॥ਜਿਵ ਜਿਵ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਤਿਵੈ ਤਿਵ ਕਾਰ ॥ਵੇਖੈ ਵਿਗਸੈ ਕਰਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ਨਾਨਕ ਕਥਨਾ ਕਰੜਾ ਸਾਰੁ ॥੩੭॥

Karam khand kee baanee jor. Tithai hor na ko-ee hor. Tithai jodh mahaabal soor. Tin mahi raam rahi-aa bharpoor. Tithai seeto seetaa mahimaa maahi. Taa kay roop na kathnay jaahi. Naa ohi marahi na thaagay jaahi. Jin kai raam vasai man maahi. Tithai bhagat vasahi kay lo-a. Karahi anand sachaa man so-ay. Sach khand vasai Nirankaar. Kar kar vaykhai nadar nihaal. Tithai khand mandal varbhand. Jay ko kathai ta ant na ant. Tithai lo-a lo-a aakaar. Jiv jiv hukam tivai tiv kaar. Vaykhai vigsai kar veechaar. Nanak kathnaa karrhaa saar.

Karam Khand — its language is power. There is nothing other than One. There live warriors of great strength, heroes — and within them Ram dwells, filling completely. They are sewn into His glory; their forms cannot be told. They neither die nor are they cheated — those in whose minds Ram dwells. There live devotees of many worlds. They make joy, the True One in their minds. In Sach Khand — the Realm of Truth — the Formless One dwells. Having created, He watches with the glance of bliss. There are continents, solar systems, galaxies — if one were to speak, there is no end, no end. World upon world, form upon form. As is His Hukam, so is the work. He watches and blossoms with reflection. Nanak says — speaking is hard as iron.

— Japji Sahib 38

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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