ਰਾਤੀ ਰੁਤੀ ਥਿਤੀ ਵਾਰ ॥ ਪਵਣ ਪਾਣੀ ਅਗਨੀ ਪਾਤਾਲ ॥ ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਧਰਤੀ ਥਾਪਿ ਰਖੀ ਧਰਮ ਸਾਲ ॥ ਤਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਜੀਅ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਕੇ ਰੰਗ ॥ ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਨਾਮ ਅਨੇਕ ਅਨੰਤ ॥ ਕਰਮੀ ਕਰਮੀ ਹੋਇ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ ਸਚਾ ਆਪਿ ਸਚਾ ਦਰਬਾਰੁ ॥ ਤਿਥੈ ਸੋਹਨਿ ਪੰਚ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ ਨਦਰੀ ਕਰਮਿ ਪਵੈ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥ ਕਚ ਪਕਾਈ ਓਥੈ ਪਾਇ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਗਇਆ ਜਾਪੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੩੪॥
Translation in English :
This earth with its days and night, various seasons, periods of time and days fixed according to the lunar and solar calendars, its airy atmosphere, the watery belt (oceans) and the lower world, has been appointed as a place for performing righteous deeds.
On it dwell created beings of various kinds and variegated colours. They are called by various names, and their number is unlimited. Everyone reaps the fruit of one‟s own karma, and acquires the stage due to him. He is the sole Eternal Reality and His court (the congregation of His saints) is also ever true. Those who have realized the Divine within, and attained at-one-ment with the Divine without, adorn it.
The grace of God blesses them, and their faces radiate the peace and glory, which fills their hearts. In that assemblage of God-conscious persons, the unripe (low) and the ripe (high) stage of human beings are judged. Sayeth Nanak, this can only be realized when one reaches that stage.
