ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
raamkalee mehlaa 5.
Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:
ਕਾਰਨ ਕਰਨ ਕਰੀਮ ॥
kaaran karan kareem.
He is the Doer, the Cause of causes, the bountiful Lord.
ਸਰਬ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਾਲ ਰਹੀਮ ॥
sarab partipaal raheem.
The merciful Lord cherishes all.
ਅਲਹ ਅਲਖ ਅਪਾਰ ॥
alah alakh apaar.
The Lord is unseen and infinite.
ਖੁਦਿ ਖੁਦਾਇ ਵਡ ਬੇਸੁਮਾਰ ॥੧॥
khud khudaa-ay vad baysumaar. ||1||
God is great and endless. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is the doer, the cause behind all causes, generous beyond measure.
The merciful One cares for every single being.
It is unseen and without any limit.
The One is great, and beyond all counting.
The names may differ, but the bountiful, merciful One is the same One.
The One has many names, and each is spoken here with full reverence: kareem (bountiful), raheem (merciful), alah (Allah), khudaa (God). They come from Muslim devotion, and they reach for the same One the whole of Gurbani sings.
This shabad weaves together the sacred names of Muslim and Hindu devotion, and it opens with these four.
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