ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਜੀਅ ਉਪਾਏ ॥
lakh cha-oraaseeh jee-a upaa-ay.
He created the 8.4 millions species of beings.
ਗਿਆਨੀ ਧਿਆਨੀ ਆਖਿ ਸੁਣਾਏ ॥
gi-aanee Dhi-aanee aakh sunaa-ay.
The spiritual teachers and meditators proclaim this.
ਸਭਨਾ ਰਿਜਕੁ ਸਮਾਹੇ ਆਪੇ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਹੋਰ ਨ ਹੋਈ ਹੇ ॥੨॥
sabhnaa rijak samaahay aapay keemat hor na ho-ee hay. ||2||
He Himself nourishes all; no one else can estimate His value. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One shaped countless kinds of living things, more than anyone could count.
Wise teachers have said so for ages.
And the same One feeds them all, with a greatness far too vast to measure.
The One that made every kind of creature also feeds every one.
Lakh cha-oraaseeh: millions of kinds of life, held with wonder. The One who made every creature also feeds every one, beyond all reckoning.
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