SLOK III
Guru Nanak
Wonderful Thy word, wonderful Thy knowledge ; Wonderful Thy creatures, wonderful their species ; Wonderful their forms, wonderful their colours ; Wonderful the animals which wander naked ; Wonderful Thy wind ; wonderful Thy water ; Wonderful Thy fire which sporteth wondrously ; Wonderful the earth, wonderful the sources of production ; Wonderful the pleasures to which mortals are attached ; Wonderful is meeting, wonderful parting from Thee ; Wonderful is hunger, wonderful repletion ; Wonderful Thy praises, wonderful Thy eulogies ; Wonderful the desert, wonderful the road ; Wonderful Thy nearness, wonderful Thy remoteness ; Wonderful to behold Thee present. Beholding these wonderful things I remain wondering. Nanak, they who understand them are supremely fortunate.
Guru Nanak
By Thy power we see, by Thy power we hear, by Thy power we fear, or enjoy the highest happiness ; By Thy power were made the nether regions and the heavens ; by Thy power all creation ; By Thy power were produced the Veds, the Purans, the Muhammadan books, and by Thy power all compositions ; By Thy power we eat, drink, and clothe ourselves ; by Thy power springeth all affection ; By Thy power are the species, genera, and colours of creatures ; by Thy power are the animals of the world. 1 By Thy power are virtues ; by Thy power are vices : by Thy power, honour and dishonour ; 2
1 Also translated By Thy power vas created animate and inanimate nature.
2 Man abhman. The latter word is for apman, as so often in the Granth Sahib. Compare man abhiman madhe so sewak tij/itn, He who hath regard for honour or dishonour is not a holy man.
