The Elect of God

The elect of God are those
who meet with his approval;
they receive honour in his court.
They stand gracefully at the royal portals,
meditating one-pointedly on the Guru.
Whoever reflects on the creation
and tries to describe it will realize
that beyond count are the works of the Creator.
The mythical bull of dharma
is born of God’s compassion,
and contentment brings order to the system.
One who realizes the truth will understand
what kind of load the bull carries,
for there are worlds beyond worlds,
universes beyond universes –
what power is supporting their weight?
The ever-flowing pen has specified
the kind, colour and form of every creature.
If someone knew how to relate that account –
how colossal would that account be!
Who can fathom the scale of his bounty,
his awesome power, his superb beauty?
With but one Word he created this vast expanse;
from that one Word
a million streams of life began to flow.

How can I fathom your power,
as I am not in the least worthy
to sacrifice myself to you?
Only that is a good deed which earns your pleasure,
eternal and inviolate as you are, O formless Lord!
_{Guru Nanak Dev, Jap Ji}

पंच परवाण पंच परधानु॥
पंचे पावहि दरगहि मानु॥
पंचे सोहहि दरि राजानु॥
पंचा का गुरु एकु धिआनु॥
जे को कहै करै वीचारु॥
करते कै करणै नाही सुमारु॥
धौलु धरमु दइआ का पूतु॥
संतोखु थापि रखिआ जिनि सूति॥
जे को बुझै होवै सचिआरु॥
धवलै उपरि केता भारु॥
धरती होरु परै होरु होरु॥
तिस ते भारु तलै कवणु जोरु॥
जीअ जाति रंगा के नाव॥
सभना लिखिआ वुड़ी कलाम॥
एहु लेखा लिखि जाणै कोइ॥
लेखा लिखिआ केता होइ॥
केता ताणु सुआलिहु रूपु॥
केती दाति जाणै कौणु कूतु॥
कीता पसाउ एको कवाउ॥
तिस ते होए लख दरीआउ॥

कुदरति कवण कहा वीचारु॥
वारिआ न जावा एक वार॥
जो तुधु भावै साई भली कार॥
तू सदा सलामति निरंकार॥
_{गुरु नानक देव जी, जपुजी साहिब}