Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib

Rehraas Sahib  3

Shlok: God it is a strange world you have created where difficulties become ailments and comforts become reasons for unhappiness. When an inner happiness (comfort of Your Name) is felt within then unhappiness vanishes. God you are unfathomable Creator of all this and it is beyond my understanding to know all your secrets. O God I cannot know all your secrets and I pay my obeisance to the Lord who resides in His own Creation.

Your Light is spread in all your own Creation. All the mortals have your Light. You are there, existing without any discrimination in everyone. You are Immortal and whoever has praised You have crossed the worldly ocean. He does what pleases Him and none can interfere in His Creation. O Nanak, just praise Him because He is doing whatever pleases Him.

Sodar Raag Asa Mahala 1

There is but One God. By the True Guru’s Grace He is obtained.

O Lord, which is that door, which is that House? Wherein you are sitting and organizing everything. Where countless music instruments and singers are playing and singing, the countless measures along with their consorts (raag and raageeni) praising and singing. Wind, water and fire and even the Judge of righteousness are singing your praises. Chit-Gupt two recoding angels are consulting the righteous judge and recording. Shiva, Brahma and the Godess who are all adorned beautifully by you are singing your praises. Indra sitting on His throne along with all His Gods and Goddesses are singing your praises. In their meditative mood the Sidhas (who have attained all powers) and the Saints who are continuously contemplating sing your praises as well. People who abandon desires and become truthful and content and those who become fearless knights all are singing your praises. All the Pundits or scholars who had been reading the Vedas in all ages and Rishis their writers are singing your praises. All those enchanting women who charm in the paradise, this world and the world under are singing your praises. All the fourteen invaluable objects created by you (that mortals seek to possess) and  the 68 pilgrimages ( the Pundits assigned as duty in a life time to visit to achieve liberation of soul), mighty warriors, divine heroes and all four sources (continents) of creation are singing your praises. All the continents, the universe and the solar systems created by your hand are eulogizing you and your glories. They are also eulogizing the saints who are pleasing to your because they immerse themselves in your Name and love. Many others whom I cannot recollect in my mind are singing your praises. Can Nanak contemplate? That and that Lord alone is truth, He is True and His Name is True. That Lord who has created the whole Creation is there and always be there even when all that He created may not be there, He will still be there. He has created in such diverse forms and colours that all looks like illusions. After the creation of this world as it pleases His honour He is watching His own handiwork. Whatever pleases Him he does that because no one can issue orders to Him. He is the King, the Emperor of the Kings and Nanak remains subject to His Will (pauri 1).