The recording angels take with them a record of man's acts.
It is he himself soweth, and he himself eateth.
Nanak, man suffereth transmigration by God's order.
XXI
Pilgrimage, austerities, mercy, and almsgiving on general and special occasions
Whosoever performeth, may obtain some little honour ;
But he who heareth and obeyeth and loveth God in his heart,
Shall wash off his impurity in the place of pilgrimage within him.
All virtues are Thine, O Lord ; none are mine.
There is no devotion without virtue.
From the Self-existent proceeded Maya (athi), whence issued a word which produced Brahma and the rest[1]-
'Thou art true, Thou art beautiful, there is ever pleasure in Thy heart !'
What the time, what the epoch, what the lunar day, and what the week-day,
What the season, and what the month when the world was created,
The Pandits did not discover ; had they done so, they would have recorded it in the Purans.
Nor did the Qazis [2] discover it ; had they done so, they would have recorded it in the Quran :
Neither the Jogi nor any other mortal knows the lunar day, or the week-day, or the season, or the month.
Only the Creator who fashioned the world knoweth when He did so.
How shall I address Thee, O God ? how shall I praise Thee ? how shall I describe Thee ? and how shall I know Thee?
