SGGSAng 3JapJap12 linesGuru Nanak Dev Ji

AsµK jp AsµK Bwau ]

asankh jap asankh bhaao ||

Countless meditations, countless loves.

AsµK pUjw AsµK qp qwau ]

asankh poojaa asankh thap thaao ||

Countless worship services, countless austere disciplines.

AsµK grµQ muiK vyd pwT ]

asankh garanthh mukh vaedh paath ||

Countless scriptures, and ritual recitations of the Vedas.

AsµK jog min rhih audws ]

asankh jog man rehehi oudhaas ||

Countless Yogis, whose minds remain detached from the world.

AsµK Bgq gux igAwn vIcwr ]

asankh bhagath gun giaan veechaar ||

Countless devotees contemplate the Wisdom and Virtues of the Lord.

AsµK sqI AsµK dwqwr ]

asankh sathee asankh dhaathaar ||

Countless the holy, countless the givers.

AsµK sUr muh BK swr ]

asankh soor muh bhakh saar ||

Countless heroic spiritual warriors, who bear the brunt of the attack in battle (who with their mouths eat steel).

AsµK moin ilv lwie qwr ]

asankh mon liv laae thaar ||

Countless silent sages, vibrating the String of His Love.

kudriq kvx khw vIcwru ]

kudharath kavan kehaa veechaar ||

How can Your Creative Potency be described?

vwirAw n jwvw eyk vwr ]

vaariaa n jaavaa eaek vaar ||

I cannot even once be a sacrifice to You.

jo quDu BwvY sweI BlI kwr ]

aucwrx sweI: ibMdI rihq bolo

jo thudhh bhaavai saaee bhalee kaar ||

Whatever pleases You is the only good done,

qU sdw slwmiq inrµkwr ]17]

aucwrx qU: it`pI rihq bolo; s-lwmiq:

thoo sadhaa salaamath nirankaar ||17||

You, Eternal and Formless One. ||17||