ਅਸੰਖ ਮੂਰਖ ਅੰਧ ਘੋਰ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਚੋਰ ਹਰਾਮਖੋਰ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਅਮਰ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ਜੋਰ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਗਲਵਢ ਹਤਿਆ ਕਮਾਹਿ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਪਾਪੀ ਪਾਪੁ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਹਿ ॥

ਅਸੰਖ ਕੂੜਿਆਰ ਕੂੜੇ ਫਿਰਾਹਿ ॥ ਅਸੰਖ ਮਲੇਛ ਮਲੁ ਭਖਿ ਖਾਹਿ ॥

ਅਸੰਖ ਨਿੰਦਕ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਭਾਰੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਨੀਚੁ ਕਹੈ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

ਵਾਰਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ਏਕ ਵਾਰ ॥ ਜੋ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥

ਤੂ ਸਦਾ ਸਲਾਮਤਿ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ॥ ੧੮॥

Translation in English :

There are countless duffers and confirmed idiots, who do not listen to anyone‟s advice. There are innumerable thieves and countless persons who earn money by foul means and live upon it.

There are innumerable tyrants who use their power to oppressing others but they pass away from this world unknown and unsung.  There are innumerable cutthroats who are every busy in this cruel and sinful occupation, without any remorse.

There are innumerable sinners who go on following the path of evil till the last breath of their lives.

There are innumerable liars, who are every busy in using deceitful and crooked means.

There are innumerable persons who use foul language and eat foul food, all kinds of flesh and waste thrown out of the body.  There are innumerable backbiters who carry the burden of slandering others on their heads.

I have not the power to give a full description of His nature.  All that I can do is lose myself in ecstasy and thanks giving, and be a sacrifice to Him in thought, word and deed and thus keep myself ever resigned to His will.

Thou art an everlasting reality, the fountainhead of the whole Creation.  Thou art the Eternal source of the creation. Whatever thou doest is for the best.

In this Pauri, Satguru has described the various kinds of low persons engaged in all kinds of degrading occupations.  When describing such persons, naturally a very insidious egoism enters the heart of the writer.

To save us from falling into this huge pit, the great Satguru Nanak calls himself, the lowest of the low, as a remarkable sign of his humility, an uplifting example for us.