ਇਕ ਦੂ ਜੀਭੌ ਲਖ ਹੋਹਿ ਲਖ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਲਖ ਵੀਸ ॥ ਲਖੁ ਲਖੁ ਗੇੜਾ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਏਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਗਦੀਸ ॥ ਏਤੁ ਰਾਹਿ ਪਤਿ ਪਵੜੀਆ ਚੜੀਐ ਹੋਇ ਇਕੀਸ ॥ ਸੁਣਿ ਗਲਾ ਆਕਾਸ ਕੀ ਕੀਟਾ ਆਈ ਰੀਸ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰੀ ਪਾਈਐ ਕੂੜੀ ਕੂੜੈ ਠੀਸ ॥੩੨॥
Translation in English :
Q. How can one realize the Eternal and all embracing Divine?
Ans. If in the place of one tongue we acquire hundreds of thousands of tongues and these are again multiplied twenty times. Then with each of these tongues we repeat the Name of the Divine father with love and devotion, one hundred thousand times, we slowly and steadily travel the various stages of self- realization, and become at-one with Him.
However, there are persons who on hearing that His Bhagtas have reached the stage of at-one-ment, verbally claim without any effort to meditate on the Divine name that they are God themselves. Such persons are just like ants who acquire wings in the rainy season, and try in vain to soar in the sky like the eagle or the hawk. But such self- conceited persons fall down into the pit of burning desire, and grovel in the worldly dust of attachment.
Sayeth Guru Nanak, such bombastic and wordy claims lead one nowhere. The door of self-realization can be opened through constant devout meditation, humility and leaving everything to His grace. Then and then alone the cloud of selfishness (egoism) is removed and the Divine within shines in its full effulgence.
