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Appendix 5 Are joined in divine harmony? There the breezes blow, the waters run and the fires bum, There Dharamraj, the King of death, sits in state; There the recording angels Otitra and Gupta write For Dharamntj to read and adjudicate. There are the gods lsvara and Brahma, The godrle.1s Devi of divine grace; There Indra sits on his celestial throne And lesser gods, each in his place. There ascetics in deep meditation, Holy men in contemplation, The pure of heart, the continent, Men of peace and contentment, Doughty warriors never yielding, Thy praises arc ever singing. From age lo age, the pandit and the sage Do Thee exalt in their study and their writing. There ma.idcM fair, heart bewitching, Who inhabit the earth, the upper and the lower regions, Thy praises chant in their singing. By the gems that Thou didst create, In the s~igbt places of pilgrimage, ls Thy name exalted. By warriors strong and brave in strife, .By the sources four from whence came life, Of egg or womb, of sweet or seed, ls Thy name magnified. The rcgioru1 of the eanh, the heavens and the universe Thal Thou didst make and dost sustain, Sing to Thee and praise Thy name. Only those Thou lm"est and with whom Thou an pleased Can give Thee praise and in Thy love be stee~. Others too there must be who Thee acclaim, I have no memory of knowing them Nor of knowledge, 0 Nanak, make a claim. He alone is the Master True, Lord of the word, ever the same. He Who made creation is, shall be and shall ever remain; He Who made things of dh·erse species, shapes, and hues, Beholds that His handiwork His greatneu proves. What He wills He ordains, To Him no one can an order give,