He has no end or limitation.
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By His Order, He established the earth, and He maintains it unsupported.
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By His Order, the world was created; by His Order, it shall merge again into Him.
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By His Order, one's occupation is high or low.
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By His Order, there are so many colors and forms.
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Having created the Creation, He beholds His own greatness.
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O Nanak, He is pervading in all. ||1||
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If it pleases God, one attains salvation.
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If it pleases God, then even stones can swim.
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If it pleases God, the body is preserved, even without the breath of life.
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If it pleases God, then one chants the Lord's Glorious Praises.
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If it pleases God, then even sinners are saved.
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He Himself acts, and He Himself contemplates.
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He Himself is the Master of both worlds.
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He plays and He enjoys; He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.
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As He wills, He causes actions to be done.
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Nanak sees no other than Him. ||2||
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Tell me - what can a mere mortal do?
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Whatever pleases God is what He causes us to do.
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If it were in our hands, we would grab up everything.
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Whatever pleases God - that is what He does.
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Through ignorance, people are engrossed in corruption.
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If they knew better, they would save themselves.
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Deluded by doubt, they wander around in the ten directions.
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In an instant, their minds go around the four corners of the world and come back again.
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Those whom the Lord mercifully blesses with His devotional worship -
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O Nanak, they are absorbed into the Naam. ||3||
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In an instant, the lowly worm is transformed into a king.
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The Supreme Lord God is the Protector of the humble.
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Even one who has never been seen at all,
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becomes instantly famous in the ten directions.
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And that one upon whom He bestows His blessings -
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the Lord of the world does not hold him to his account.
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Soul and body are all His property.
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Each and every heart is illuminated by the Perfect Lord God.
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He Himself fashioned His own handiwork.
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Nanak lives by beholding His greatness. ||4||
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There is no power in the hands of mortal beings;
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the Doer, the Cause of causes is the Lord of all.
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The helpless beings are subject to His Command.
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That which pleases Him, ultimately comes to pass.
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Sometimes, they abide in exaltation; sometimes, they are depressed.
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Sometimes, they are sad, and sometimes they laugh with joy and delight.
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Sometimes, they are occupied with slander and anxiety.
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Sometimes, they are high in the Akaashic Ethers, sometimes in the nether regions of the underworld.
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Sometimes, they know the contemplation of God.
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O Nanak, God Himself unites them with Himself. ||5||
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Sometimes, they dance in various ways.
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Sometimes, they remain asleep day and night.
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Sometimes, they are awesome, in terrible rage.
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Sometimes, they are the dust of the feet of all.
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Sometimes, they sit as great kings.
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Sometimes, they wear the coat of a lowly beggar.
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Sometimes, they come to have evil reputations.
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Sometimes, they are known as very, very good.
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As God keeps them, so they remain.
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By Guru's Grace, O Nanak, the Truth is told. ||6||
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Sometimes, as scholars, they deliver lectures.
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Sometimes, they hold to silence in deep meditation.
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Sometimes, they take cleansing baths at places of pilgrimage.
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Sometimes, as Siddhas or seekers, they impart spiritual wisdom.
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Sometimes, they becomes worms, elephants, or moths.
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They may wander and roam through countless incarnations.
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