| Jabb ud.karakh kraa Kartaara |
| When the Lord expands His Creation, |
| Par;jaa dh:arat. t.abb d.aeh apaaraa |
| Then, many types of living beings get created. |
| Jabb aakarkh karat. ho kab-hoon: |
| When You dissolve (Destroy) everything, |
| T.um maae milat. d.eh dh:ar sabhoon[13] |
| Then, all the living beings get absorbed back into You. |
| Jaet.ae bad.an sr;iste sabh dh:aaraae |
| All the living beings that get created, |
| Aap aapanee boojh ouchaaraae |
| Each one praises You according to its understanding. |
| T.um sabh-hee t.ae raht. niraalam |
| But, You stay detached from everything. |
| Janat. baed bhaed arr aalam[14] |
| This is known to the Vedas, persons with deep knowledge, and to the scholars. |
| (Ved – Vedas: ancient religious scriptures of Hindus), |
| Nirankaar Nir;bikaar Nirlan:bh |
| You are without a form, Pure-Being, and Self-Sufficient (Non-Dependant). |
| Aad.e aneel anaad.e asan:bh |
| You are Primal-Being, free from color (Unattached, Pure-Being), without a |
| beginning, and without being born (Self-Created). |
| T.aa kaa moor:h; oucharat. bhed.aa |
| And the fools talk of His mysteries, |
| Jaa kaou bhaev na pavat. baed.aa[15] |
| Whose secret even the Vedas could not find. |
| T.aa kaou kar-e paahan anumaanat |
| They make a stone idol and take it as God. |
| Mahaa moor:h; Kachhu bhaed. naa janat. |
| These unwise people do not know the difference between an idol and God. |
| Mahad.aev kaou kahat. Sad.aa Siv |
| They call god Shiva the Immortal: God. |
| Nirankaar kaa cheenat. na-he bhiv[16] |
| He does not know the Truth about the Formless God. |
| Aapu aapnee budh haae jaet.ee |
| According to the individual wisdom, |
| Barnat. bhin:n bhin:n T.uhe t.aet.ee |
| They describe God differently. |
| T.umraa lakhaa naa jaeae pasaaraa |
| It is not possible to know the extent of Your Creation, |
| Keh bidh:e sajaa pr;atham sansaaraa[17] |
| That how the universe was created to start with. |
| Aekaae roop anoop saroopaa |
| You have one Form, but You adopt other unique forms as well. |
| Ran:k bhayo raav kahee bhoopaa |
| Sometimes You become a pauper, sometimes rich, and sometimes a King. |
| An:daj jaeraj saetaj keenee |
| He set up the methods of birth through eggs, placenta (womb), and sweat (dirt), |
| Out.bhuj khaane bahur rach-e d.eenee[18] |
| And from the earth (way the plants produce), through these four methods the |
