JapJi Sahib- A Translation - Prof Teja Singh - Raj Karega Khalsa ...

character). There are innumerable Devtas, Rakhsas, Munies (Rishis) and innumerableoceans containing invaluable pearls and all kinds of precious things.There are innumerable classes of creation [(i) from eggs, (ii) from mother’swomb, (iii) from perspiration, (iv) from earth], countless languages, and numberlesskings of men. There are countless Shastras and countless persons who follow the pathsgiven therein. Sayeth Nanak their number is beyond human comprehension.In Pauries 34 to 37 Satguru Nanak gives us the various stages through which asearcher after truth has to pass. First being the performance of righteous actions i.e. 1.Straightforward and truthful behaviour in all human activities. 2. Seeing one’s ownfaults and the good qualities of others. 3. Sweetness in speech and manner. 4. Seeingall persons as one’s own self without any distinction of caste, creed or colour. 5.Thankfulness, contentment with whatever naturally comes to us.These virtues coupled with meditation on the Divine name Hari-Kirtan lead thesearcher after truth into the sphere of knowledge (Gyan), the second stage. His visionbecomes far-reaching and he realizes that God’s Universe is unlimited. There areinnumerable solar systems with their suns, moons, Brahmas, Vishnus, Shivas, Avtars. Inshort, he realizes the infinitude of God’s creation.In this stage of Gyan, the light of knowledge shines in its full effulgence, itdestroys all ignorance (attachment to flesh and blood and all material things). The blissat this stage is beyond all comprehensions. All sounds of nature are sweet music to him,and fill him with inexpressible rapture.At this stage the searcher after truth, feels just like Newton that the sea of Divineknowledge is so vast that he is just like a child picking pebbles on the seashore. This