XXIV
There is no limit to God s praises ;[1] to those who repeat them there is no limit.
There is no limit to His mercy, and to His gifts there is no limit.
There is no limit to what God seeth, no limit to what He heareth.
The limit of the secret of His heart cannot be known.
The limit of His creation cannot be known ; neither His near nor His far side can be discovered.[2]
To know His limits how many vex their hearts.[3]
His limits cannot be ascertained ;
Nobody knoweth His limits.
The more we say, the more there remains to be said.
Great is the Lord, and exalted is His seat.
His exalted name is higher than the most exalted.
Were any one else ever so exalted,
Then he would know that exalted Being :
How great He is He knoweth Himself.
Nanak, God bestoweth gifts on whom He looketh with favour and mercy.
XXV
His many bounties [4] cannot be recorded,
He is a great giver and hath not a particle of covetousness.
How many, yea countless heroes beg of Him !
How many others whose number cannot be conceived !
How many pine away in sin ![5]
How many persons receive yet deny God's gifts !
How many fools there are who merely eat !
How many are ever dying in distress and hunger !
Giver, these are also Thy gifts.
- ↑ Also translated - There is no limit to the Praised One.
- ↑ A metaphor taken from the banks of a river.
- ↑ Billāh, literally, cry in pain.
- ↑ Karm, in Sanskrit, is work ; in Persian, kindness, favour, or bounty. The context seems to show that the latter is intended.
- ↑ Compare Man vekārin veria, the mind is encompassed with sin. Guru Amar Dās.
