slok mÚ 1 ]

aucwrx slok mh`lw pihlw

salok ma 1 ||

Shalok, First Mehl:

purKW ibrKW qIrQW qtW myGW KyqWh ]

aucwrx qtW: polw bolo

purakhaan birakhaan theerathhaan thattaan maeghaan khaethaanh ||

Men, trees, sacred shrines of pilgrimage, banks of sacred rivers, clouds, fields,

dIpW loAW mMflW KMfW vrBµfWh ]

dheepaan loaaan manddalaan khanddaan varabhanddaanh ||

Islands, continents, worlds, solar systems, and universes;

AMfj jyrj auqBujW KwxI syqjWh ]

anddaj jaeraj outhabhujaan khaanee saethajaanh ||

The four sources of creation - born of eggs, born of the womb, born of the earth and born of sweat;

so imiq jwxY nwnkw srW myrW jµqwh ]

so mith jaanai naanakaa saraan maeraan janthaah ||

Oceans, mountains, and all beings - O Nanak, He alone knows their condition.

nwnk jµq aupwie kY sMmwly sBnwh ]

naanak janth oupaae kai sanmaalae sabhanaah ||

O Nanak, having created the living beings, He cherishes them all.

ijin krqY krxw kIAw icMqw iB krxI qwh ]

aucwrx iB: ishwrI iv`c rhxw (ASuD: By)

jin karathai karanaa keeaa chinthaa bh karanee thaah ||

The Creator who created the creation, takes care of it as well.

so krqw icMqw kry ijin aupwieAw jgu ]

so karathaa chinthaa karae jin oupaaeiaa jag ||

He, the Creator who formed the world, cares for it.

iqsu johwrI suAsiq iqsu iqsu dIbwxu ABgu ]

aucwrx su-Asiq; AB`gu

this johaaree suasath this this dheebaan abhag ||

Unto Him I bow and offer my reverence; His Royal Court is eternal.

nwnk scy nwm ibnu ikAw itkw ikAw qgu ]1]

aucwrx it`kw; q`gu

naanak sachae naam bin kiaa ttikaa kiaa thag ||1||

O Nanak, without the True Name, of what use is the frontal mark of the Hindus, or their sacred thread? ||1||