ਪੰਚ ਪਰਵਾਣ ਪੰਚ ਪਰਧਾਨੁ ॥ ਪੰਚੇ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਦਰਗਹਿ ਮਾਨੁ ॥ ਪੰਚੇ ਸੋਹਹਿ ਦਰਿ ਰਾਜਾਨੁ ॥ ਪੰਚਾ ਕਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਏਕੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਕਹੈ ਕਰੈ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ ਕਰਤੇ ਕੈ ਕਰਣੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਸੁਮਾਰੁ ॥ ਧੌਲੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਦਇਆ ਕਾ ਪੂਤੁ ॥ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਥਾਪਿ ਰਖਿਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਸੂਤਿ ॥  ਜੇ ਕੋ ਬੁਝੈ ਹੋਵੈ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ॥ ਧਵਲੈ ਉਪਰਿ ਕੇਤਾ ਭਾਰੁ ॥ ਧਰਤੀ ਹੋਰੁ ਪਰੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਹੋਰੁ ॥

ਤਿਸ ਤੇ ਭਾਰੁ ਤਲੈ ਕਵਣੁ ਜੋਰੁ ॥ ਜੀਅ ਜਾਤਿ ਰੰਗਾ ਕੇ ਨਾਵ ॥

ਸਭਨਾ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਵੁੜੀ ਕਲਾਮ ॥ ਏਹੁ ਲੇਖਾ ਲਿਖਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਇ ॥

ਲੇਖਾ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕੇਤਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ ਕੇਤਾ ਤਾਣੁ ਸੁਆਲਿਹੁ ਰੂਪੁ ॥ ਕੇਤੀ ਦਾਤਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੌਣੁ ਕੂਤੁ ॥ ਕੀਤਾ ਪਸਾਉ ਏਕੋ ਕਵਾਉ ॥ ਤਿਸ ਤੇ ਹੋਏ ਲਖ ਦਰੀਆਉ ॥

ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਵਣ ਕਹਾ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥

ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥ ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥੧੬॥

Translation in English :

In this Pauri Satguru Nanak describes the stage of those persons who have heard the Divine name from the Sat Guru, have weighed it in their minds and given it a permanent place there, by daily mediating on Him and singing hymns in His glory, with love and devotion.

They have brought their lives in unison with the Divine law. Their minds are ever filled with rapture, all-embracing love, self-knowledge, self-control, sweet imperturbable temperament, righteousness and mercy.  Such saints attain the stage of God-consciousness and are accepted by God in their very lifetime.

Thus they become at- one with God in their life.  In this world they attain spiritual, moral & social leadership. After death, they get a high place in the Divine Realm.  Such saints are ornaments in the courts of kings or they are true kings in the Divine Realm.  Such saints acquire at-one- ment with the Eternal Divine.  They become at-one with Him.

They blend themselves with the Guru, by ever keeping his teachings in their minds.  They ever keep their minds fixed on the Divine Master and meditate on His name.  No worldly desire can swerve them from the path of unselfish service, and seeing Him in the whole created Universe.

So far in the Japji Sahib, Guru Nanak has dealt with the qualities and functions of the One-in-All and the All-in-One.  His Divine law and the annihilation of egoism (the source of all selfishness) by complete submission to His Will (Divine Law).

For this purpose we have to rise three hours before sunrise, take a cold bath and meditate on the Divine name (Waheguru) and sing hymns in His praise in complete rapture.  It is essential to listen to the teachings of the Satguru (a God-conscious person) with rapt attention, weigh and fix them in our minds and scrupulously act upon them.  By this daily mediation, prayer and submission to the Guru‟s will, we come to the stage of self-realization and attain the status of a Panch (a saint who has risen above all temptations and feels the presence of the Divine both within and without).

Now we come to His creation and nature through which He manifests and reveals Himself.  The created Universe is so infinite that no one by mere intellect can gauge and describe it.

This creation is sustained and carried on persistently by the Divine Law working calmly and smoothly in its course without the least divergence.  The balance of the whole creation is maintained by Dharma (righteousness in thought, word and deed), which is born of mercy (an all embracing love, charity, forgiving and overlooking each other‟s faults); combined with the spirit of contentment (satisfaction with whatever God gives us, without any thought of encroaching on the rights of others).