ਪਾਤਾਲਾ ਪਾਤਾਲ ਲਖ ਆਗਾਸਾ ਆਗਾਸ ॥ पाताला पाताल लख आगासा आगास ॥ Paaṫaalaa paaṫaal lakʰ aagaasaa aagaas. There are nether worlds beneath nether worlds, and hundreds of thousands of heavenly worlds above. ਓੜਕ ਓੜਕ ਭਾਲਿ ਥਕੇ ਵੇਦ ਕਹਨਿ ਇਕ ਵਾਤ ॥ ओड़क ओड़क भालि थके वेद कहनि इक वात ॥ Oṛak oṛak bʰaal ṫʰaké véḋ kahan ik vaaṫ. The Vedas say that you can search and search for them all, until you grow weary. ਸਹਸ ਅਠਾਰਹ ਕਹਨਿ ਕਤੇਬਾ ਅਸੁਲੂ ਇਕੁ ਧਾਤੁ ॥ सहस अठारह कहनि कतेबा असुलू इकु धातु ॥ Sahas atʰaarah kahan kaṫébaa asuloo ik ḋʰaaṫ. The scriptures say that there are 18,000 worlds, but in reality, there is only One Universe. ਲੇਖਾ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਲੇਖੈ ਹੋਇ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥ लेखा होइ त लिखीऐ लेखै होइ विणासु ॥ Lékʰaa ho▫é ṫa likee▫æ lékʰæ ho▫é viṇaas. If you try to write an account of this, you will surely finish yourself before you finish writing it. ਨਾਨਕ ਵਡਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪੁ ॥੨੨॥ नानक वडा आखीऐ आपे जाणै आपु ॥२२॥ Naanak vadaa aakʰee▫æ aapé jaaṇæ aap. ||22|| O Nanak! Call Him Great! He Himself knows Himself. ||22|| |